Percival
- #1,529 for boys in 2025, 113 births
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,466since 1880
Percival over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Percival has never cracked the top 600 here.
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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 | #1,529 | 113 |
| 2024 | #1,767 | 93 |
| 2023 | #2,244 | 63 |
| 2022 | #2,616 | 51 |
| 2021 | #2,732 | 46 |
| 2020 | #2,689 | 46 |
| 2019 | #3,103 | 38 |
| 2018 | #4,918 | 19 |
| 2017 | #4,935 | 19 |
| 2016 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #1,503 | 25 |
| 1921 | #1,648 | 22 |
| 1920 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #2,188 | 13 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Percival was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Percival is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,343 |
| Minnesota | #640 | 7 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Michigan | #1,113 | 5 | 1 in 8,039 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Percival
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,160 spots since 2020 (#2,689 → #1,529)
- Biggest jump: 192 spots in 1901
- Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1903
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #694 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1880–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,559
- Highest: 1 in 13,559 boys born in 1892 were named Percival (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,116 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #694 in 1886, was only 1 in 13,848 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 28.1% of all boys named Percival (412) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 57 | #694 (1886) | #822 |
| 1890s | 43 | #748 (1892) | #832 |
| 1900s | 45 | #858 (1901) | #1,046 |
| 1910s | 107 | #1,174 (1912) | #1,948 |
| 1920s | 137 | #1,503 (1922) | #2,430 |
| 1930s | 55 | #2,651 (1931) | #2,846 |
| 1940s | 44 | #2,690 (1946) | #3,163 |
| 1950s | 74 | #2,375 (1957) | #3,164 |
| 1960s | 76 | #2,178 (1965) | #3,125 |
| 1970s | 87 | #2,464 (1971) | #3,943 |
| 1980s | 75 | #2,787 (1983) | #5,370 |
| 1990s | 62 | #5,771 (1993) | #7,787 |
| 2000s | 36 | #8,915 (2007) | #10,297 |
| 2010s | 156 | #3,103 (2019) | #6,464 |
| 2020s | 412 | #1,529 (2025) | #2,263 |
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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