Persis
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 572since 1884
Persis over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Persis has never cracked the top 900 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 | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five girls were named Persis! It came in at #930, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Persis is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Persis in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Persis
Momentum · girls
Brand new
- Biggest jump: 9 spots in 1885
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1885 at #921 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1884–1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 21,503
- Highest: 1 in 21,503 girls born in 1884 were named Persis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #921 in 1885, was only 1 in 22,176 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 23.1% of all girls named Persis (132) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 29 | #921 (1885) | #1,056 |
| 1890s | 51 | #1,099 (1890) | #1,336 |
| 1900s | 55 | #1,420 (1905) | #1,726 |
| 1910s | 131 | #1,792 (1911) | #2,010 |
| 1920s | 132 | #2,062 (1924) | #2,612 |
| 1930s | 58 | #2,570 (1937) | #3,504 |
| 1940s | 30 | #3,139 (1944) | #3,653 |
| 1950s | 11 | #5,408 (1958) | #5,680 |
| 1960s | 12 | #5,696 (1960) | #5,774 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 16 | #7,409 (1981) | #7,414 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,386 (1995) | #13,386 |
| 2000s | 11 | #13,844 (2003) | #15,506 |
| 2010s | 26 | #12,464 (2018) | #13,525 |
| 2020s | 5 | #14,942 (2025) | #14,942 |
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.
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