Perseus
Perseus was given to 168 boys in 2025, #1,210 among boys’ names; 1,422 Americans have been recorded with it since 1983 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,410 Americans named Perseus and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 6 years old and half are between 3 and 9.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Perseus by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Perseus mean?
Wiktionary, Latin section
Perseus is “a male given name from Ancient Greek”
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσεύς (Perseús).
[ˈpɛr.sɛu̯s]
Meaning: Wiktionary, Latin section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Perseus?
#1,210 among boys’ names, 2025
Perseus rose from #2,473 in 2015 to #1,210 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 26.6 to 98.4 per million.
168 babies in 2025, the peak
Perseus peaked in 2025, when 168 boys were given it, #1,210 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 154 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168 | #1,210 | 98.4 |
| 2024 | 154 | #1,283 | 89.4 |
| 2023 | 123 | #1,469 | 71.9 |
| 2022 | 130 | #1,419 | 74.5 |
| 2021 | 128 | #1,429 | 73.2 |
| 2020 | 110 | #1,523 | 63.7 |
| 2019 | 105 | #1,590 | 58.5 |
| 2018 | 93 | #1,698 | 51.2 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,376 | 29.7 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,160 | 33.7 |
Every recorded year (19)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 51 | #2,473 | 26.6 |
| 2014 | 47 | #2,608 | 24.5 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,194 | 31.7 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,043 | 20.0 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,493 | 16.3 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,412 | 8.9 |
| 2008 | 5 | #14,083 | 2.5 |
| 1989 | 5 | #8,887 | 2.5 |
| 1983 | 6 | #6,029 | 3.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Perseus a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,422 Americans recorded as Perseus, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 168 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Perseus: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Perseus, and how old are they?
1,410 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 99% of the 1,422 Americans ever recorded as Perseus. The median Perseus alive today is 6 years old; half are between 3 and 9.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 10 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 115 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,290 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Where are babies named Perseus born?
The states with the most babies named Perseus are California, Texas and Ohio, with 40% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 14 | #1,348 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 14 | #1,399 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 10 | #846 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 9 | #1,327 | 0.7× |
| Utah | 8 | #543 | 0.4× |
| New York | 7 | #1,525 | 0.5× |
| Washington | 7 | #871 | 0.9× |
| Arizona | 6 | #912 | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 6 | #848 | 0.4× |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,044 | 0.9× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Perseus with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Perseus
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Perseus and names like it
- Compare Perseus and KaiusBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sPerseus peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Perseus since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Perseus: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Perseus.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Perseus alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with PMost given first.