first name
PERRY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 46,765 people named Perry, 72% reported their origin as White, 18.5% as Black and 3% as two or more races. 95.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Perry peaked in 1959, when 2,786 babies got the name.
At least 79,735 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Perry by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #273. The largest share of babies named Perry, 39.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Perry is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Perry has been most common in Mississippi (2.6×), Louisiana (2.1×), and South Carolina (2.1×), and least common in Nevada (0.19×).
69,143 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Perry, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Perry ranks #109 of 156,621, with 211,657 people. See Perry as a last name
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