# Perry (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/perry/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɛɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 79,735 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 76,044 / 3,691 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,059, 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 | 40 | 3,822 |
| 2012 | 62 | 2,827 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,758 |
| 2014 | 69 | 2,576 |
| 2015 | 87 | 2,189 |
| 2016 | 88 | 2,202 |
| 2017 | 97 | 2,032 |
| 2018 | 80 | 2,293 |
| 2019 | 101 | 1,947 |
| 2020 | 88 | 2,093 |
| 2021 | 108 | 1,858 |
| 2022 | 102 | 1,952 |
| 2023 | 123 | 1,686 |
| 2024 | 104 | 1,921 |
| 2025 | 83 | 2,233 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 149 | 1,192 |
| 2012 | 144 | 1,233 |
| 2013 | 139 | 1,259 |
| 2014 | 151 | 1,216 |
| 2015 | 140 | 1,280 |
| 2016 | 122 | 1,430 |
| 2017 | 147 | 1,248 |
| 2018 | 135 | 1,338 |
| 2019 | 133 | 1,352 |
| 2020 | 146 | 1,261 |
| 2021 | 145 | 1,302 |
| 2022 | 137 | 1,373 |
| 2023 | 136 | 1,377 |
| 2024 | 161 | 1,240 |
| 2025 | 135 | 1,373 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6 | 2,411 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 37 | 837 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,116 |
| 2014 | 30 | 959 |
| 2015 | 25 | 1,095 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,123 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Perry

- Perry King, American actor (born 1948)
- Perry Christie, Bahamian politician
- Perry Saturn, American professional wrestler
- Perry Farrell, American singer, songwriter and musician
- Perry Kitchen, American soccer player
- Perry McCarthy, English racing driver
- Perry McGillivray, American swimmer, water polo player and coach (1893–1944)
- Perry Lopez, American actor (1929–2008)
- Oliver Perry Hay, American paleontologist (1846–1930)
- Perry Groves, British footballer (born 1965)
- Perry Jones III, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Perry Robinson, American musician (1938–2018)

## 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.