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
- Peak · girls
- 1958 · 119 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,448since 1942
Perri over time
Rank among girls' names. Perri has never cracked the top 900 here.
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 | #4,987 | 26 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,476 | 45 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,614 | 42 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,358 | 31 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,851 | 38 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,677 | 41 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,147 | 35 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,411 | 46 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,533 | 44 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,925 | 38 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,243 | 34 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,216 | 35 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,608 | 31 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,949 | 26 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,703 | 35 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,216 | 42 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,804 | 31 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,302 | 35 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,760 | 44 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,244 | 59 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,541 | 49 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,322 | 55 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,513 | 50 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,330 | 31 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #1,950 | 35 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #1,781 | 43 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,580 | 51 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #1,672 | 46 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #1,224 | 81 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #1,147 | 90 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | #1,118 | 91 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #947 | 119 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #1,507 | 50 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
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| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
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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
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- Washington#541 · 1 in 5,707
- Florida#735 · 1 in 9,761
- Michigan#849 · 1 in 18,025
- California#864 · 1 in 12,796
- New York#896 · 1 in 16,838
Best ever in a state: #470 in Oklahoma, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #541 | 5 | 1 in 5,707 |
| Florida | #735 | 5 | 1 in 9,761 |
| Michigan | #849 | 5 | 1 in 18,025 |
| California | #864 | 13 | 1 in 12,796 |
| New York | #896 | 10 | 1 in 16,838 |
| Illinois | #934 | 6 | 1 in 18,064 |
| Texas | #950 | 9 | 1 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
- 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)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1958 at #947 (119 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1958
- 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%)
- 18.1% of all girls named Perri (444) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 39 | #3,217 (1946) | #4,399 |
| 1950s | 373 | #947 (1958) | #2,541 |
| 1960s | 440 | #1,147 (1960) | #1,970 |
| 1970s | 129 | #3,212 (1974) | #4,845 |
| 1980s | 197 | #2,973 (1986) | #4,803 |
| 1990s | 444 | #2,244 (1995) | #2,829 |
| 2000s | 250 | #3,216 (2000) | #5,524 |
| 2010s | 359 | #3,411 (2016) | #4,273 |
| 2020s | 217 | #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
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
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).
- #1,110Val93
- #1,116Elida92
- #1,116Joseph92
- #1,118Perri91
- #1,118Carin91
- #1,118Corina91
- #1,118Elvia91
- #1,126Coral90
- #1,126Evette90
- #1,126Margery90
Tied with 7 names at #1,118; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
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).
- #2,111Yvon15
- #2,111Zackary15
- #2,111Zeno15
- #2,200Perri14
- #2,200Amiel14
- #2,200Anothony14
- #2,200Arcadio14
- #2,295Adrien13
- #2,295Alen13
- #2,295Alferd13
Tied with 94 names at #2,200; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.