Per
- Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
- Peak · boys
- 1966 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 369since 1923
Per over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Per has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
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| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
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| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
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| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
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First appearance
1923
The first year at least five boys were named Per! It came in at #3,822, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1952, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Per is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Per in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 1966 at #2,132 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 124,141
- Highest: 1 in 124,141 boys born in 1968 were named Per (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 345,215 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,132 in 1966, was only 1 in 127,390 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 30.1% of all boys named Per (111) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #3,822 (1923) | #3,822 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,534 (1938) | #3,534 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 46 | #2,265 (1958) | #2,842 |
| 1960s | 111 | #2,132 (1966) | #2,641 |
| 1970s | 74 | #2,813 (1971) | #4,409 |
| 1980s | 61 | #4,130 (1986) | #5,050 |
| 1990s | 30 | #6,618 (1997) | #7,827 |
| 2000s | 26 | #6,935 (2001) | #9,583 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,287 (2011) | #12,287 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,022 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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