The name Perry is of English origin, and means traveler.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Perry has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Perry
Use of the Name Perry for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
72,707
40,895
9,284
2,661
1,143
423
216
The table below indicates the number of times the name Perry has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Perry
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
101
134
1881
102
123
1882
112
133
1883
102
133
904
6
1884
111
135
1885
120
115
1886
110
141
1887
118
112
1888
126
124
1889
138
105
1890
134
108
1891
134
104
1892
146
110
1893
160
91
1894
191
78
1895
160
97
1896
148
111
1897
153
103
1898
188
83
1899
148
104
1900
149
142
1901
170
88
1902
165
108
1903
186
88
1904
191
93
1905
180
104
1906
187
97
1907
221
86
1908
172
132
1909
200
109
1910
207
125
1911
199
152
1912
241
216
1913
224
280
1914
231
337
1915
217
479
1916
241
437
1917
214
527
1918
227
552
1919
228
532
1920
233
543
1921
235
561
1922
217
615
1923
222
589
1924
222
606
1925
230
570
1926
235
564
1927
228
581
1928
212
634
1929
221
577
1930
223
578
1931
225
542
1932
228
523
1933
236
485
1934
221
544
1935
228
513
1936
224
504
1937
219
543
1938
211
584
1939
211
583
1940
226
548
1941
221
596
1942
212
704
1943
212
679
1944
229
603
1945
208
685
1946
200
857
1947
193
1,048
1948
200
981
1949
196
1,049
1950
192
1,102
1951
194
1,160
1952
196
1,160
1953
199
1,217
1954
198
1,256
1955
183
1,450
1956
163
1,866
1957
145
2,368
1958
132
2,728
1959
132
2,748
1960
146
2,412
1961
154
2,219
1962
164
1,925
1963
171
1,712
1964
178
1,548
1965
186
1,364
1966
207
1,122
1967
220
1,017
1968
239
893
1969
243
894
1970
263
846
1971
284
732
1972
328
543
1973
337
505
1974
333
527
1975
350
488
1976
357
457
1977
401
379
1978
376
417
1979
379
451
1980
388
441
1981
372
470
1982
395
424
1983
380
444
1984
402
417
1985
354
518
1986
387
474
1987
393
481
1988
425
452
1989
439
458
1990
456
470
1991
476
426
1992
519
380
1993
508
404
1994
535
364
1995
549
342
1996
582
309
1997
583
315
1998
626
292
1999
663
260
2000
684
258
2001
734
237
2002
761
225
2003
834
207
2004
817
216
Totals:
72,707
6
During the last 125 years, parents have used Perry as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.