Boys' name · since 1880
Perry
Perry has 76,044 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #384 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,370 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 76,044
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Perry currently ranks #1370 among boys' names in America, with 76,044 babies recorded since 1880.
Perry has 76,044 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1370 as of the latest data, more common than 90% of boys, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #384 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,370 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 76,044 born since 1880
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Perry ranks #384 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,370 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 76,044 born since 1880, peaking in the 1950s.
- #384 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,370 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 76,044
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Perry's 76,044 recorded births place it above 99.15% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Perry compares
76,044 Top 3% higher than 97% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Perry's all-time total is 206x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Perry | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 76,044 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 2,751 | 34 | 22,252 |
Perry's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Perry's full recorded timeline at 1953, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1894, with just 78 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1959 peak of 2,751 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Perry popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1959)
- 2,751
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Perry popularity over time - girls
3,691 total births recorded since 1883 (Perry as girls' name)
Perry by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (17,078 births, 22% of the file).
1950s was Perry's strongest decade.
17,078 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Perry births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,255
1880s
1,255 births
- 1890s 989
1890s
989 births
- 1900s 1,047
1900s
1,047 births
- 1910s 3,636
1910s
3,636 births
- 1920s 5,838
1920s
5,838 births
- 1930s 5,411
1930s
5,411 births
- 1940s
1940s
7,778 births
- 1950s
1950s
17,078 births
- 1960s
1960s
15,121 births
- 1970s 5,351
1970s
5,351 births
- 1980s 4,604
1980s
4,604 births
- 1990s 3,602
1990s
3,602 births
- 2000s 2,083
2000s
2,083 births
- 2010s 1,391
2010s
1,391 births
- 2020s 860
2020s
860 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 17,078 births (22% of all-time use).
How Perry compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Perry's total volume
Perry by state
Where Perry concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 4,996 | 6.6% |
| #2 | California | | 4,484 | 5.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 3,681 | 4.8% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 3,317 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 3,292 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 3,140 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 3,136 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 2,903 | 3.8% |
4,996 of 76,044 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Perry appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Perry's data
- Perry's decade-level peak was the 1950s (17,078 total births); usage has since declined to 860 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Perrys (4,996 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Perry: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Perry draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.