Perry

Where Perry comes from

The dictionaries list Perry as a given name — a unisex given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #100 among boys with 134 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1943
    Perry Christie born
    Bahamian politician
  3. 1948
    Perry King born
    American actor
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  • A diminutive of the unisex given name Peregrine.
Namesakes
  • Perry King · American actor, born 1948
  • Perry Christie · Bahamian politician, born 1943
  • Perry Anderson · British historian, born 1938
  • Perry McCarthy · English racing driver, born 1961
  • Perry Kitchen · American soccer player, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.