# Peregrine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/peregrine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “foreigner” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Perry |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 461 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 322 / 139 (30% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 77, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Saint's name from Latin Peregrinus, from peregrinus (“foreigner”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 18,896 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,633 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14,223 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,726 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,779 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,762 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,494 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12,169 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,485 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,402 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6,404 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,557 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13,125 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,318 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 8,594 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,895 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,797 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,768 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,922 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,725 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,425 |
| 2018 | 12 | 7,018 |
| 2019 | 15 | 6,031 |
| 2020 | 29 | 3,708 |
| 2021 | 22 | 4,596 |
| 2022 | 25 | 4,267 |
| 2023 | 29 | 3,860 |
| 2024 | 36 | 3,322 |
| 2025 | 35 | 3,359 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Peregrine

- Peregrine Maitland, British soldier and colonial administrator
- Peregrine of Auxerre, Bishop of Auxerre
- Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, English non-royal duke, horse racing administrator, landowner and farmer (born 1944)
- Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds, British peer (1691-1731)
- Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British duke (1714-1778)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.