Percy
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #1,276 for boys in 2025, 154 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 183 births
- Debut · boys
- 94 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 32,204since 1880
Percy over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | #1,276 | 154 |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | #1,256 | 157 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #1,558 | 112 |
| 2022 | — | #1,574 | 112 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #1,799 | 87 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #2,046 | 69 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #2,766 | 45 |
| 2018 | — | #2,189 | 63 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,958 | 73 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #2,626 | 47 |
| 2015 | — | #2,276 | 58 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #2,017 | 70 |
| 2013 | — | #2,165 | 61 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,185 | 60 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,950 | 39 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,874 | 41 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,045 | 38 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,103 | 37 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,281 | 57 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,398 | 51 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,493 | 45 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,989 | 60 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,269 | 47 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,249 | 46 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,871 | 59 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,968 | 52 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,778 | 56 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,680 | 61 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,628 | 62 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,599 | 61 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,477 | 65 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,345 | 75 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,358 | 71 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,130 | 95 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,183 | 88 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,049 | 102 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,045 | 98 | |
| 1988 | — | #924 | 107 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,123 | 73 | |
| 1986 | — | #958 | 91 | |
| 1985 | — | #927 | 96 | |
| 1984 | — | #883 | 98 | |
| 1983 | — | #856 | 105 | |
| 1982 | — | #831 | 114 | |
| 1981 | — | #767 | 130 | |
| 1980 | — | #786 | 124 | |
| 1979 | — | #794 | 119 | |
| 1978 | — | #693 | 146 | |
| 1977 | — | #728 | 137 | |
| 1976 | — | #711 | 138 | |
| 1975 | — | #692 | 143 | |
| 1974 | — | #668 | 147 | |
| 1973 | — | #611 | 169 | |
| 1972 | — | #601 | 177 | |
| 1971 | — | #611 | 187 | |
| 1970 | — | #613 | 175 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #554 | 202 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #565 | 181 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #560 | 178 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #549 | 195 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #551 | 193 |
| 1964 | — | #549 | 207 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #521 | 235 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #503 | 250 |
| 1961 | — | #507 | 246 | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #482 | 270 |
| 1959 | — | #482 | 264 | |
| 1958 | — | #475 | 280 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #418 | 348 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #423 | 319 |
| 1955 | — | #417 | 309 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #370 | 363 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | #357 | 376 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #331 | 443 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #332 | 424 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #333 | 411 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #337 | 397 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #331 | 411 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #337 | 412 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #352 | 343 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #321 | 343 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #320 | 350 |
| 1943 | — | #314 | 393 | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #314 | 381 |
| 1941 | — | #316 | 339 | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #311 | 328 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #291 | 360 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #293 | 349 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #287 | 356 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #284 | 360 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #277 | 385 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #276 | 377 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #265 | 399 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | #262 | 430 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #270 | 415 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | #274 | 429 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 | #250 | 497 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #255 | 483 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | #248 | 519 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | #252 | 493 |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 | #241 | 544 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #242 | 560 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #242 | 540 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #222 | 599 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #220 | 603 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #216 | 601 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | #209 | 595 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | #218 | 567 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | #217 | 515 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #211 | 524 |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | #214 | 488 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #189 | 449 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #189 | 356 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #174 | 337 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #172 | 184 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | #160 | 195 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #157 | 159 |
| 1908 | — | #158 | 151 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #144 | 160 |
| 1906 | — | #145 | 141 | |
| 1905 | — | #128 | 169 | |
| 1904 | — | #153 | 125 | |
| 1903 | — | #151 | 124 | |
| 1902 | — | #114 | 167 | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | #138 | 120 |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #114 | 201 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #117 | 142 |
| 1898 | — | #119 | 155 | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #98 | 183 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | #116 | 157 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #109 | 164 |
| 1894 | — | #104 | 173 | |
| 1893 | — | #100 | 177 | |
| 1892 | — | #116 | 149 | |
| 1891 | — | #111 | 131 | |
| 1890 | — | #113 | 140 | |
| 1889 | — | #110 | 144 | |
| 1888 | — | #111 | 151 | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | #110 | 123 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | #119 | 122 |
| 1885 | — | #137 | 98 | |
| 1884 | — | #114 | 126 | |
| 1883 | — | #148 | 87 | |
| 1882 | — | #116 | 126 | |
| 1881 | — | #124 | 95 | |
| 1880 | — | #144 | 94 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Percy was already there! It came in at #144, and was given to 94 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2008–2011, when fewer than 42 boys a year got the name.
Where Percy is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#105 · 1 in 484
- Louisiana#202 · 1 in 1,243
- Maine#202 · 1 in 2,076
- Arkansas#213 · 1 in 1,565
- Alabama#260 · 1 in 2,351
Best ever in a state: #27 in Mississippi, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #105 | 59 | 1 in 484 |
| Louisiana | #202 | 34 | 1 in 1,243 |
| Maine | #202 | 5 | 1 in 2,076 |
| Arkansas | #213 | 13 | 1 in 1,565 |
| Alabama | #260 | 17 | 1 in 2,351 |
| Virginia | #275 | 16 | 1 in 2,777 |
| Tennessee | #285 | 13 | 1 in 3,151 |
| North Carolina | #315 | 17 | 1 in 3,264 |
| Illinois | #330 | 21 | 1 in 5,348 |
| Oklahoma | #338 | 6 | 1 in 4,139 |
| Georgia | #355 | 12 | 1 in 4,181 |
| New Jersey | #441 | 5 | 1 in 11,788 |
| Missouri | #458 | 5 | 1 in 9,627 |
| Michigan | #501 | 8 | 1 in 12,509 |
| Florida | #520 | 5 | 1 in 9,438 |
| New York | #548 | 12 | 1 in 14,689 |
| Ohio | #554 | 7 | 1 in 16,525 |
| Pennsylvania | #558 | 6 | 1 in 20,517 |
| Texas | #585 | 15 | 1 in 8,259 |
| California | #784 | 7 | 1 in 23,965 |
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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 Percy
- 20 spots since 2024 (#1,256 → #1,276)
- 770 spots since 2020 (#2,046 → #1,276)
- 1,000 spots since 2015 (#2,276 → #1,276)
- Biggest jump: 199 spots in 1988 (#1,123 → #924)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1987 (#958 → #1,123)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1897 at #98 (183 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 89 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · 1893–1897
- Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1880–1986
- Highest: 1 in 616 boys born in 1897 were named Percy (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,091 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 16.9% of all boys named Percy (5,439) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,166 | #110 (1889) | #123 |
| 1890s | 1,571 | #98 (1897) | #110 |
| 1900s | 1,517 | #114 (1900) | #140 |
| 1910s | 4,210 | #160 (1910) | #195 |
| 1920s | 5,439 | #216 (1920) | #239 |
| 1930s | 3,860 | #262 (1932) | #278 |
| 1940s | 3,697 | #311 (1940) | #325 |
| 1950s | 3,537 | #331 (1952) | #394 |
| 1960s | 2,157 | #482 (1960) | #534 |
| 1970s | 1,538 | #601 (1972) | #672 |
| 1980s | 1,036 | #767 (1981) | #910 |
| 1990s | 736 | #1,049 (1990) | #1,423 |
| 2000s | 492 | #1,871 (2001) | #2,367 |
| 2010s | 557 | #1,958 (2017) | #2,401 |
| 2020s | 691 | #1,256 (2024) | #1,585 |
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.
Percy in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 334,617 of them was named Percy, which outranked 22.7% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,837Zane7
- #4,837Zanetta7
- #4,837Zeola7
- #5,325Percy6
- #5,325Adda6
- #5,325Al6
- #5,325Alacia6
- #5,952Adelene5
- #5,952Adelmira5
- #5,952Adlene5
Tied with 626 names at #5,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 6,631 of them was named Percy, which outranked 90.5% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.