Peri
Peri was the 5667th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 1136th with 92 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,836 places. More babies were named Peri in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,667 girls, down 1,841 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 196092 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,475babies recorded
Peri popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 10 since 1959.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,667 | 22 |
| 2020 | #3,826 | 38 |
| 2010 | #4,943 | 29 |
| 2000 | #2,206 | 72 |
| 1990 | #4,089 | 25 |
| 1980 | #6,634 | 10 |
| 1970 | #5,309 | 10 |
| 1960 | #1,136 | 92 |
| 1950 | #5,147 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,440 | 8 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Peri, counting every spelling?
Peri is a spelling of Perri, a name family that had 64 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 64 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perri | 26 | #5,064 | 186 |
| Peri | 22 | #5,667 | 151 |
| Perrie | 16 | #7,062 | 73 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Peri?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Peri (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Peri born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Peri.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Peri?
About 2,300 people born in the US named Peri are alive today, with a median age of 29; half are between 18 and 58. That makes Peri mostly worn by children and young adults. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Peri by state
How common Peri was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (4.1×). In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Peri: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Peri, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Peri
How popular is the name Peri?
Peri was the 5667th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 1136th with 92 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,836 places. More babies were named Peri in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Peri a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Peri in the US.
Where is Peri most popular?
In 2021–2025, Peri was most common in New York (0.08 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and New Jersey.