Perri
Perri was the 5064th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1958, when it ranked 950th with 119 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,482 places. More babies were named Perri in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,064 girls, down 642 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1958119 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,562babies recorded
Perri popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 114 since 1957.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,064 | 26 |
| 2020 | #4,422 | 31 |
| 2010 | #4,707 | 31 |
| 2000 | #3,257 | 42 |
| 1990 | #2,782 | 42 |
| 1980 | #7,922 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,691 | 12 |
| 1960 | #1,153 | 90 |
| 1950 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Perri, counting every spelling?
Perri is the most common spelling of 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 Perri?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Perri (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Perri 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 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Perri.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Perri?
About 2,300 people born in the US named Perri are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 16 and 62. That makes Perri mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. 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.
Perri by state
How common Perri was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 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 Perri: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Perri, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Perri
How popular is the name Perri?
Perri was the 5064th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1958, when it ranked 950th with 119 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,482 places. More babies were named Perri in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Perri a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Perri in the US.
Where is Perri most popular?
In 2021–2025, Perri was most common in New Jersey (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Texas.