Persis — girls' name

What the Data Says About Persis

The Social Security Administration has registered 567 babies named Persis between 1884 and 2019, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Persis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Persis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Persis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Persis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Persis in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 567 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.