Perry

Boy · recorded 1880–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.6 to 1)

  • #1,370in 2025
  • 1 in 12,652boys in 2025
  • +8%last ten years

Most popular in 1959.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06451,28918801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Perry, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,213
18811,221
18821,170
18831,271
18841,180
18851,067
18861,273
18871,104
18881,026
1889950
1890973
18911,028
1892901
1893810
1894674
1895826
1896928
1897913
1898677
1899979
1900944
1901817
1902880
1903738
1904726
1905786
1906728
1907586
1908862
1909665
1910644
1911673
1912502
1913546
1914516
1915563
1916493
1917569
1918546
1919539
1920509
1921513
1922565
1923536
1924531
1925509
1926509
1927518
1928571
1929536
1930529
1931522
1932506
1933490
1934528
1935496
1936486
1937510
1938522
1939528
1940477
1941483
1942511
1943483
1944444
1945507
1946527
1947576
1948559
1949596
1950612
1951625
1952593
1953622
1954615
1955704
1956883
19571,098
19581,288
19591,289
19601,133
19611,049
1962933
1963843
1964777
1965733
1966629
1967581
1968513
1969501
1970455
1971414
1972334
1973325
1974336
1975313
1976292
1977231
1978254
1979264
1980248
1981264
1982235
1983248
1984233
1985282
1986257
1987259
1988238
1989231
1990230
1991212
1992193
1993209
1994192
1995180
1996167
1997169
1998155
1999136
2000134
2001126
2002119
2003110
2004114
200597
200695
200789
200881
200982
201068
201178
201276
201373
201479
201573
201664
201779
201874
201974
202085
202183
202278
202380
202493
202579

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Texas 0.8×
  2. California 0.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
135
Rank in 2025
#1,370
How rare
1 in 12,652 boys
Since 1880
76,044

Most popular in 1959, at 1,289 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 8% per million boys born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Texas0.8×35
California0.7×30

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.