# Perrin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/perrin/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,047 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,568 / 479 (23% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 43, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From a Middle English pet-form of Peter, from an Old French diminutive of Pierre.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 13,173 |
| 2011 | 6 | 16,297 |
| 2012 | 10 | 11,056 |
| 2013 | 11 | 10,088 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,973 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,921 |
| 2016 | 17 | 7,154 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,355 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,496 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,259 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,820 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,933 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,923 |
| 2023 | 7 | 13,132 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,678 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 2,729 |
| 2012 | 22 | 4,495 |
| 2013 | 39 | 2,938 |
| 2014 | 33 | 3,356 |
| 2015 | 44 | 2,755 |
| 2016 | 43 | 2,822 |
| 2017 | 40 | 2,993 |
| 2018 | 47 | 2,660 |
| 2019 | 44 | 2,839 |
| 2020 | 34 | 3,325 |
| 2021 | 33 | 3,474 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,201 |
| 2023 | 36 | 3,330 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,764 |
| 2025 | 22 | 4,667 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Perrin

- Perrin Buford, American basketball player (born 1994)

## 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.