# Perri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/perri/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,562 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 114 / 2,448 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 135, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 17 | 7,344 |
| 2012 | 35 | 4,272 |
| 2013 | 34 | 4,314 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,984 |
| 2015 | 44 | 3,582 |
| 2016 | 46 | 3,453 |
| 2017 | 35 | 4,207 |
| 2018 | 41 | 3,723 |
| 2019 | 38 | 3,901 |
| 2020 | 31 | 4,422 |
| 2021 | 42 | 3,659 |
| 2022 | 31 | 4,557 |
| 2023 | 45 | 3,511 |
| 2024 | 42 | 3,681 |
| 2025 | 26 | 5,064 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 7 | 3,478 |
| 1958 | 14 | 2,237 |
| 1959 | 14 | 2,271 |
| 1960 | 17 | 2,020 |
| 1961 | 10 | 2,848 |
| 1962 | 8 | 3,236 |
| 1963 | 7 | 3,571 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,825 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,380 |
| 1982 | 5 | 7,096 |
| 1984 | 5 | 7,043 |
| 1992 | 6 | 8,196 |
| 1999 | 5 | 11,162 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,709 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 2,350 |
| 1997 | 7 | 2,152 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 1,765 |
| 1997 | 7 | 1,578 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Perri

- Perri Shakes-Drayton, British hurdler
- Perri Pierre, American filmmaker
- Pebbles, American dance-pop singer-songwriter

## 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.