Percell
- Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
- Peak · boys
- 1907 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,064since 1907
Percell over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Percell has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #1,788 | 20 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #1,608 | 24 |
| 1955 | #1,538 | 25 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #1,455 | 27 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #1,820 | 17 |
| 1948 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #1,475 | 23 |
| 1945 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,390 | 24 |
| 1934 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #1,532 | 25 |
| 1923 | #1,816 | 19 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1907
The first year at least five boys were named Percell! It came in at #1,345, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Percell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Percell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Percell
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1907 at #1,345 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 1 yr 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 29,365
- Highest: 1 in 29,365 boys born in 1907 were named Percell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 396,996 boys born in 2004 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 17.9% of all boys named Percell (190) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,345 (1907) | #1,345 |
| 1910s | 64 | #2,260 (1918) | #2,548 |
| 1920s | 142 | #1,532 (1924) | #2,344 |
| 1930s | 156 | #1,390 (1935) | #1,878 |
| 1940s | 188 | #1,397 (1940) | #1,693 |
| 1950s | 190 | #1,455 (1953) | #1,869 |
| 1960s | 137 | #1,788 (1968) | #2,371 |
| 1970s | 76 | #3,071 (1970) | #3,494 |
| 1980s | 62 | #3,630 (1983) | #5,005 |
| 1990s | 28 | #5,382 (1990) | #7,010 |
| 2000s | 16 | #9,112 (2000) | #10,341 |
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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