Feminine dossier · first seen 1936

Peri

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Peri
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1960

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1936Peak 19602024

Peak year

1960

Decline from peak

73.9%

2024

All-time

2,442

Peri has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1960, when 92 girls were named Peri.

In 2024, only 24 girls were given the name.

Down 73.9% from its peak.

All told, about 2,442 Americans have been named Peri and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1936.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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