Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Perry

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

Endangered Down 94.2% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

2,750

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

94.2%

2024

160

All-time

75,908

Perry once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 2,750 boys were named Perry.

In 2024, only 160 boys were given the name.

Down 94.2% from its peak.

All told, about 75,908 Americans have been named Perry and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.2% from peak

19592,750 boys named Perry

2024160 boys named Perry

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