girls:
2.4k births since 1942
#3548 (38th percentile)
boys:
114 births since 1957
#4472 (2nd percentile)
overall:
2.5k births since 1942
#5344 (31st percentile)
The name Perri is the #5,344 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,494 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 30.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 30.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,548 (37.9% percentile) for all time with 2,380 births since 1942. For boys, it ranks #4,472 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 114 births since 1957.
Perri first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (1942 for girls and 1957 for boys). Birth data for Perri is available in 80 out of the 82 years between 1942 and 2023 (80 years for girls and 14 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Perri has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Perri reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 14.9% percentile (ranked #651) with 58 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 58 births per million (ranked 14.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Perri ranks #907 for girls (4.2% percentile) with 26 births per million, which is 44.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Perri reached its peak popularity in 1960, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #645) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1960, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Perri".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Perri", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 6 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Perry" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Perry..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Perri. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.2% confident that Perri is pronounced as PEH-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PER-ree, at 15.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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