Is Perry a boy or girl name?
Perry is used for both, more often for boys in the US. In 2024, 104 girls and 160 boys were named Perry, so 39.4% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 4.5% of the 79,516 US babies named Perry were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,242
- Girl rank, 2024
- #1,915
- Babies named Perry since 1880
- 79,516
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 2,785 babies
Boys and girls named Perry, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,255 | 6 | 0.5% |
| 1890s | 989 | 20 | 2% |
| 1900s | 1,047 | 48 | 4.4% |
| 1910s | 3,636 | 145 | 3.8% |
| 1920s | 5,838 | 230 | 3.8% |
| 1930s | 5,411 | 188 | 3.4% |
| 1940s | 7,778 | 274 | 3.4% |
| 1950s | 17,078 | 286 | 1.6% |
| 1960s | 15,121 | 235 | 1.5% |
| 1970s | 5,354 | 140 | 2.5% |
| 1980s | 4,604 | 219 | 4.5% |
| 1990s | 3,602 | 290 | 7.5% |
| 2000s | 2,081 | 283 | 12% |
| 2010s | 1,390 | 719 | 34.1% |
| 2020s | 724 | 525 | 42% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 160 | #1,242 | 104 | #1,915 |
| 2023 | 136 | #1,376 | 123 | #1,684 |
| 2022 | 137 | #1,372 | 102 | #1,950 |
| 2021 | 145 | #1,300 | 108 | #1,857 |
| 2020 | 146 | #1,261 | 88 | #2,092 |
| 2019 | 132 | #1,362 | 101 | #1,946 |
| 2018 | 135 | #1,338 | 80 | #2,291 |
| 2017 | 147 | #1,248 | 97 | #2,031 |
| 2016 | 122 | #1,430 | 88 | #2,202 |
| 2015 | 140 | #1,280 | 87 | #2,189 |
| 2014 | 151 | #1,216 | 69 | #2,576 |
| 2013 | 139 | #1,259 | 63 | #2,756 |
| 2012 | 144 | #1,233 | 62 | #2,827 |
| 2011 | 149 | #1,192 | 40 | #3,822 |
| 2010 | 131 | #1,315 | 32 | #4,576 |
| 2009 | 163 | #1,133 | 29 | #5,057 |
| 2008 | 166 | #1,109 | 28 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 183 | #1,030 | 31 | #4,778 |
| 2006 | 195 | #957 | 30 | #4,770 |
| 2005 | 193 | #915 | 34 | #4,178 |
| 2004 | 226 | #800 | 32 | #4,357 |
| 2003 | 216 | #806 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2002 | 231 | #750 | 19 | #6,066 |
| 2001 | 245 | #719 | 25 | #4,798 |
| 2000 | 263 | #679 | 30 | #4,151 |
| 1999 | 262 | #662 | 25 | #4,543 |
| 1998 | 296 | #620 | 27 | #4,213 |
| 1997 | 319 | #580 | 24 | #4,479 |
| 1996 | 316 | #576 | 45 | #2,747 |
| 1995 | 342 | #549 | 29 | #3,751 |
| 1994 | 370 | #531 | 40 | #2,977 |
| 1993 | 409 | #506 | 32 | #3,488 |
| 1992 | 387 | #515 | 27 | #3,935 |
| 1991 | 428 | #476 | 19 | #5,130 |
| 1990 | 473 | #455 | 22 | #4,477 |
| 1989 | 463 | #437 | 31 | #3,374 |
| 1988 | 456 | #424 | 26 | #3,659 |
| 1987 | 483 | #392 | 29 | #3,236 |
| 1986 | 474 | #387 | 25 | #3,520 |
| 1985 | 521 | #354 | 21 | #3,946 |
| 1984 | 421 | #402 | 14 | #5,139 |
| 1983 | 445 | #380 | 25 | #3,311 |
| 1982 | 426 | #394 | 15 | #4,882 |
| 1981 | 472 | #372 | 12 | #5,804 |
| 1980 | 443 | #387 | 21 | #3,805 |
| 1979 | 457 | #376 | 12 | #5,650 |
| 1978 | 416 | #379 | 8 | #7,441 |
| 1977 | 380 | #401 | 14 | #4,850 |
| 1976 | 460 | #356 | 19 | #3,627 |
| 1975 | 488 | #350 | 13 | #4,776 |
| 1974 | 528 | #332 | 15 | #4,176 |
| 1973 | 506 | #336 | 7 | #7,211 |
| 1972 | 542 | #330 | 16 | #3,841 |
| 1971 | 732 | #285 | 14 | #4,256 |
| 1970 | 845 | #263 | 22 | #3,085 |
| 1969 | 895 | #243 | 18 | #3,289 |
| 1968 | 891 | #239 | 11 | #4,423 |
| 1967 | 1,014 | #220 | 18 | #3,038 |
| 1966 | 1,122 | #207 | 23 | #2,553 |
| 1965 | 1,363 | #186 | 25 | #2,451 |
| 1964 | 1,549 | #178 | 20 | #2,888 |
| 1963 | 1,712 | #171 | 28 | #2,287 |
| 1962 | 1,931 | #164 | 26 | #2,400 |
| 1961 | 2,228 | #154 | 23 | #2,590 |
| 1960 | 2,416 | #146 | 43 | #1,742 |
| 1959 | 2,750 | #132 | 35 | #1,907 |
| 1958 | 2,735 | #132 | 40 | #1,722 |
| 1957 | 2,369 | #145 | 33 | #1,917 |
| 1956 | 1,867 | #163 | 32 | #1,922 |
| 1955 | 1,451 | #183 | 22 | #2,389 |
| 1954 | 1,254 | #199 | 19 | #2,573 |
| 1953 | 1,227 | #199 | 23 | #2,222 |
| 1952 | 1,153 | #196 | 21 | #2,314 |
| 1951 | 1,176 | #192 | 26 | #1,956 |
| 1950 | 1,096 | #193 | 35 | #1,593 |
| 1949 | 1,058 | #195 | 25 | #1,954 |
| 1948 | 981 | #200 | 32 | #1,661 |
| 1947 | 1,053 | #194 | 21 | #2,182 |
| 1946 | 856 | #201 | 28 | #1,710 |
| 1945 | 683 | #208 | 25 | #1,693 |
| 1944 | 605 | #228 | 27 | #1,597 |
| 1943 | 690 | #212 | 33 | #1,460 |
| 1942 | 706 | #212 | 36 | #1,362 |
| 1941 | 593 | #221 | 20 | #1,867 |
| 1940 | 553 | #225 | 27 | #1,507 |
| 1939 | 584 | #211 | 28 | #1,415 |
| 1938 | 579 | #213 | 19 | #1,859 |
| 1937 | 544 | #219 | 17 | #1,981 |
| 1936 | 504 | #225 | 20 | #1,731 |
| 1935 | 517 | #227 | 23 | #1,597 |
| 1934 | 545 | #221 | 14 | #2,267 |
| 1933 | 486 | #236 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1932 | 528 | #227 | 17 | #2,016 |
| 1931 | 543 | #225 | 14 | #2,286 |
| 1930 | 581 | #221 | 17 | #2,091 |
| 1929 | 576 | #223 | 17 | #2,082 |
| 1928 | 633 | #213 | 29 | #1,494 |
| 1927 | 584 | #227 | 20 | #2,009 |
| 1926 | 565 | #235 | 25 | #1,706 |
| 1925 | 568 | #231 | 28 | #1,599 |
| 1924 | 602 | #224 | 28 | #1,637 |
| 1923 | 588 | #222 | 21 | #1,934 |
| 1922 | 615 | #215 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1921 | 565 | #235 | 21 | #1,971 |
| 1920 | 542 | #233 | 25 | #1,693 |
| 1919 | 528 | #229 | 18 | #2,045 |
| 1918 | 553 | #226 | 25 | #1,633 |
| 1917 | 527 | #215 | 14 | #2,402 |
| 1916 | 439 | #240 | 16 | #2,108 |
| 1915 | 478 | #218 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1914 | 338 | #230 | 15 | #1,803 |
| 1913 | 280 | #223 | 15 | #1,585 |
| 1912 | 216 | #241 | 18 | #1,285 |
| 1911 | 152 | #200 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 125 | #207 | 10 | #1,602 |
| 1909 | 109 | #200 | 8 | #1,727 |
| 1908 | 133 | #172 | 9 | #1,519 |
| 1907 | 86 | #221 | 7 | #1,783 |
| 1906 | 97 | #187 | 5 | #2,165 |
| 1905 | 104 | #180 | 6 | #1,879 |
| 1904 | 93 | #192 | 7 | #1,625 |
| 1903 | 88 | #186 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 108 | #165 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 87 | #170 | 6 | #1,628 |
| 1900 | 142 | #148 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 104 | #148 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1898 | 83 | #188 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 103 | #153 | 6 | #1,516 |
| 1896 | 111 | #148 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 97 | #160 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 78 | #191 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 91 | #160 | 6 | #1,400 |
| 1892 | 110 | #146 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 104 | #134 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 108 | #134 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 105 | #138 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 124 | #126 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 112 | #118 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 141 | #110 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 115 | #120 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 135 | #111 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 133 | #102 | 6 | #904 |
| 1882 | 133 | #112 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 123 | #102 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 134 | #101 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Perry reached #101 in 1880. As a girl name, it reached #904 in 1883. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Perry
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.