Perri

#4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
Given to girls 95.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1958 · 119 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,448
since 1942

Perri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Perri has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #947, 1958girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#4,98726—
2024#3,63942—
2023#3,47645—
2022#4,47231—
2021#3,61442—
2020#4,35831—
2019#3,85138—
2018#3,67741—
2017#4,14735—
2016#3,41146—
2015#3,53344—
2014#3,92538—
2013#4,24334—
2012#4,21635#12,2745
2011#7,11817—
2010#4,60831—
2009#9,37912—
2008#6,35021—
2007#5,70924—
2006#6,35620—
2005#5,43723—
2004#4,94926—
2003#5,23523—
2002#4,90624—
2001#3,70335—
2000#3,21642—
1999#3,80431#9,9125
1998#3,22238—
1997#3,30235—
1996#2,76044—
1995#2,24459—
1994#2,54149—
1993#2,32255—
1992#2,51350#7,4226
1991#2,84341—
1990#2,73742—
1989#3,33031—
1988#3,09532—
1987#3,33127—
1986#2,97331—
1985#4,12619—
1984#4,47816#6,3155
1983#5,45712—
1982#4,71615#6,3855
1981#9,1106—
1980#7,4188—
1979#5,75111—
1978#4,93113—
1977#5,21312—
1976#5,21511—
1975#7,1737—
1974#3,21221—
1973#4,58612—
1972#4,09114—
1971#3,78916—
1970#4,49212—
1969#2,84422—
1968#2,48225—
1967#2,43225—
1966#2,58622#3,9485
1965#1,95035#3,5376
1964#1,78143—
1963#1,58051#3,3187
1962#1,67246#3,0418
1961#1,22481#2,70610
1960#1,14790#1,97317
1959#1,11891#2,20014
1958#947119#2,17714
1957#1,50750#3,2577
1956#1,89732—
1955#2,15625—
1954#4,2788—
1953#2,81215—
1952#2,67116—
1951#3,28411—
1950#4,7386—
1949#5,2445—
1948#5,2435—
1947#4,7646—
1946#3,21710—
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First appearance
1942

The first year at least five girls were named Perri! It came in at #4,124, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1944–1945, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Perri is popular in 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedNHWashington: #541 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,707 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedMNIllinois: #934 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,064 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedWIMichigan: #849 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,025 girlsMINew York: #896 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 16,838 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #864 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 12,796 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Perri, so not publishedHITexas: #950 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 12,642 girlsTXFlorida: #735 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,761 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#541 · 1 in 5,707
  2. Florida#735 · 1 in 9,761
  3. Michigan#849 · 1 in 18,025
  4. California#864 · 1 in 12,796
  5. New York#896 · 1 in 16,838

Best ever in a state: #470 in Oklahoma, 1958.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#54151 in 5,707
Florida#73551 in 9,761
Michigan#84951 in 18,025
California#864131 in 12,796
New York#896101 in 16,838
Illinois#93461 in 18,064
Texas#95091 in 12,642
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Perri
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,348 spots since 2024 (#3,639 → #4,987)
  • 629 spots since 2020 (#4,358 → #4,987)
  • 1,454 spots since 2015 (#3,533 → #4,987)
  • Biggest jump: 560 spots in 1958 (#1,507 → #947)
  • Biggest drop: 171 spots in 1959 (#947 → #1,118)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1942
  • Peaked 1958 at #947 (119 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1958
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,904
  • Highest: 1 in 16,904 girls born in 1958 were named Perri (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,818 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 18.1% of all girls named Perri (444) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s39#3,217 (1946)#4,399
1950s373#947 (1958)#2,541
1960s440#1,147 (1960)#1,970
1970s129#3,212 (1974)#4,845
1980s197#2,973 (1986)#4,803
1990s444#2,244 (1995)#2,829
2000s250#3,216 (2000)#5,524
2010s359#3,411 (2016)#4,273
2020s217#3,476 (2023)#4,091

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Perri in 1959

girls
#1,118
91 births · 1 in 22,236 girls
boys
#2,200
14 births · 1 in 152,466 boys

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #1,118Perri91

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #2,200Perri14
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 22,236 of them was named Perri, which outranked 84.5% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Perri
  1. #1,110Val93
  2. #1,116Elida92
  3. #1,116Joseph92
  4. #1,118Perri91
  5. #1,118Carin91
  6. #1,118Corina91
  7. #1,118Elvia91
  8. #1,126Coral90
  9. #1,126Evette90
  10. #1,126Margery90

Tied with 7 names at #1,118; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,090Alesia#1,985 → #895
  2. ↑ 948Tori#1,791 → #843
  3. ↑ 440Taryn#1,211 → #771
  4. ↑ 437Venus#1,007 → #570
  5. ↑ 393Vilma#1,364 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 283Dani#961 → #1,244
  2. ↓ 257Nicki#973 → #1,230
  3. ↓ 235Lanita#973 → #1,208
  4. ↓ 219Concetta#973 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 197Gisele#766 → #963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 152,466 of them was named Perri, which outranked 51.9% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Perri
  1. #2,111Yvon15
  2. #2,111Zackary15
  3. #2,111Zeno15
  4. #2,200Perri14
  5. #2,200Amiel14
  6. #2,200Anothony14
  7. #2,200Arcadio14
  8. #2,295Adrien13
  9. #2,295Alen13
  10. #2,295Alferd13

Tied with 94 names at #2,200; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,208Efrem#3,033 → #825
  2. ↑ 901Darin#1,677 → #776
  3. ↑ 871Yancy#1,557 → #686
  4. ↑ 708Raynard#1,677 → #969
  5. ↑ 644Darrin#1,396 → #752
Fallers
  1. ↓ 307Jace#761 → #1,068
  2. ↓ 241Otha#915 → #1,156
  3. ↓ 234Cheryl#994 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 230Dann#969 → #1,199
  5. ↓ 227Carnell#777 → #1,004

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1959 →