Percy
#642 most common boys' name of all time · #1,433 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#642
Rank overall
#1,433 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
32,840
Since 2016
979
Peak year
1921 #220
Best rank
#98 1897
Girls
Boys
peak 618/yr
Percy is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 154 | 164 | #1,276 |
| 2024 | 12 | 157 | 169 | #1,256 |
| 2023 | 12 | 112 | 124 | #1,559 |
| 2022 | — | 112 | 112 | #1,575 |
| 2021 | 5 | 87 | 92 | #1,799 |
| 2020 | 7 | 69 | 76 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 9 | 45 | 54 | #2,767 |
| 2018 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,189 |
| 2017 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,958 |
| 2016 | 5 | 47 | 52 | #2,626 |
| 2015 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,276 |
| 2014 | 6 | 70 | 76 | #2,017 |
| 2013 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,165 |
| 2012 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,186 |
| 2011 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,950 |
| 2010 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,874 |
| 2009 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,045 |
| 2008 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 2007 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,281 |
| 2006 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,400 |
| 2005 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,493 |
| 2004 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,989 |
| 2003 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,270 |
| 2002 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,249 |
| 2001 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,872 |
| 2000 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,968 |
| 1999 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,778 |
| 1998 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,680 |
| 1997 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,629 |
| 1996 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,600 |
| 1995 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,477 |
| 1994 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,345 |
| 1993 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,359 |
| 1992 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,130 |
| 1991 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,183 |
| 1990 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,049 |
| 1989 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,045 |
| 1988 | — | 107 | 107 | #924 |
| 1987 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,123 |
| 1986 | — | 91 | 91 | #959 |
| 1985 | — | 96 | 96 | #927 |
| 1984 | — | 98 | 98 | #883 |
| 1983 | — | 105 | 105 | #856 |
| 1982 | — | 114 | 114 | #832 |
| 1981 | — | 130 | 130 | #767 |
| 1980 | — | 124 | 124 | #786 |
| 1979 | — | 119 | 119 | #794 |
| 1978 | — | 146 | 146 | #694 |
| 1977 | — | 137 | 137 | #728 |
| 1976 | — | 138 | 138 | #711 |
| 1975 | — | 143 | 143 | #692 |
| 1974 | — | 147 | 147 | #668 |
| 1973 | — | 169 | 169 | #611 |
| 1972 | — | 177 | 177 | #601 |
| 1971 | — | 187 | 187 | #611 |
| 1970 | — | 175 | 175 | #613 |
| 1969 | 5 | 202 | 207 | #554 |
| 1968 | 5 | 181 | 186 | #565 |
| 1967 | 6 | 178 | 184 | #560 |
| 1966 | 5 | 195 | 200 | #549 |
| 1965 | 5 | 193 | 198 | #551 |
| 1964 | — | 207 | 207 | #549 |
| 1963 | 7 | 235 | 242 | #521 |
| 1962 | 7 | 250 | 257 | #503 |
| 1961 | — | 246 | 246 | #507 |
| 1960 | 9 | 270 | 279 | #482 |
| 1959 | — | 264 | 264 | #482 |
| 1958 | — | 280 | 280 | #475 |
| 1957 | 6 | 348 | 354 | #418 |
| 1956 | 6 | 319 | 325 | #423 |
| 1955 | — | 309 | 309 | #417 |
| 1954 | 6 | 363 | 369 | #370 |
| 1953 | 12 | 376 | 388 | #357 |
| 1952 | 8 | 443 | 451 | #331 |
| 1951 | 7 | 424 | 431 | #332 |
| 1950 | 7 | 411 | 418 | #333 |
| 1949 | 8 | 397 | 405 | #337 |
| 1948 | 9 | 411 | 420 | #331 |
| 1947 | 6 | 412 | 418 | #337 |
| 1946 | 8 | 343 | 351 | #352 |
| 1945 | 7 | 343 | 350 | #321 |
| 1944 | 7 | 350 | 357 | #320 |
| 1943 | — | 393 | 393 | #314 |
| 1942 | 7 | 381 | 388 | #314 |
| 1941 | — | 339 | 339 | #316 |
| 1940 | 8 | 328 | 336 | #311 |
| 1939 | 9 | 360 | 369 | #291 |
| 1938 | 7 | 349 | 356 | #294 |
| 1937 | 14 | 356 | 370 | #287 |
| 1936 | 6 | 360 | 366 | #284 |
| 1935 | 9 | 385 | 394 | #277 |
| 1934 | 13 | 377 | 390 | #276 |
| 1933 | 8 | 399 | 407 | #265 |
| 1932 | 16 | 430 | 446 | #262 |
| 1931 | 7 | 415 | 422 | #270 |
| 1930 | 12 | 429 | 441 | #274 |
| 1929 | 18 | 497 | 515 | #250 |
| 1928 | 11 | 483 | 494 | #255 |
| 1927 | 17 | 519 | 536 | #248 |
| 1926 | 18 | 493 | 511 | #252 |
| 1925 | 20 | 544 | 564 | #241 |
| 1924 | 10 | 560 | 570 | #242 |
| 1923 | 12 | 540 | 552 | #242 |
| 1922 | 10 | 599 | 609 | #222 |
| 1921 | 15 | 603 | 618 | #220 |
| 1920 | 13 | 601 | 614 | #216 |
| 1919 | 16 | 595 | 611 | #209 |
| 1918 | 20 | 567 | 587 | #218 |
| 1917 | 13 | 515 | 528 | #217 |
| 1916 | 13 | 524 | 537 | #211 |
| 1915 | 14 | 488 | 502 | #214 |
| 1914 | 8 | 449 | 457 | #189 |
| 1913 | 6 | 356 | 362 | #189 |
| 1912 | 5 | 337 | 342 | #174 |
| 1911 | 5 | 184 | 189 | #172 |
| 1910 | 8 | 195 | 203 | #160 |
| 1909 | 7 | 159 | 166 | #158 |
| 1908 | — | 151 | 151 | #158 |
| 1907 | 5 | 160 | 165 | #146 |
| 1906 | — | 141 | 141 | #146 |
| 1905 | — | 169 | 169 | #129 |
| 1904 | — | 125 | 125 | #153 |
| 1903 | — | 124 | 124 | #151 |
| 1902 | — | 167 | 167 | #114 |
| 1901 | 5 | 120 | 125 | #138 |
| 1900 | 5 | 201 | 206 | #114 |
| 1899 | 5 | 142 | 147 | #118 |
| 1898 | — | 155 | 155 | #119 |
| 1897 | 6 | 183 | 189 | #98 |
| 1896 | 6 | 157 | 163 | #116 |
| 1895 | 5 | 164 | 169 | #109 |
| 1894 | — | 173 | 173 | #104 |
| 1893 | — | 177 | 177 | #100 |
| 1892 | — | 149 | 149 | #116 |
| 1891 | — | 131 | 131 | #111 |
| 1890 | — | 140 | 140 | #113 |
| 1889 | — | 144 | 144 | #111 |
| 1888 | — | 151 | 151 | #111 |
| 1887 | 6 | 123 | 129 | #110 |
| 1886 | 6 | 122 | 128 | #119 |
| 1885 | — | 98 | 98 | #137 |
| 1884 | — | 126 | 126 | #114 |
| 1883 | — | 87 | 87 | #148 |
| 1882 | — | 126 | 126 | #116 |
| 1881 | — | 95 | 95 | #125 |
| 1880 | — | 94 | 94 | #144 |