Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Perez

#6,619 most common boys' name of all time · #16,575 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1954–2025

Rank among boys
#6,619
Rank overall
#16,575 of 105,966
First appeared
1954
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
591
Since 2016
68
Peak year
1991 #2,868
Best rank
#2,777 1984
Girls Boys peak 23/yr
1960198020002020

Perez first appears in 1954. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 7 7 #9,874
2024 — 8 8 #9,150
2023 — 7 7 #9,920
2022 — 5 5 #12,612
2020 — 8 8 #8,869
2019 — 7 7 #9,932
2018 — 10 10 #7,734
2017 — 9 9 #8,269
2016 — 7 7 #9,851
2015 — 6 6 #10,872
2014 — 15 15 #5,801
2013 — 16 16 #5,461
2012 — 7 7 #9,883
2011 — 8 8 #8,941
2010 — 7 7 #9,882
2009 — 8 8 #9,155
2008 — 7 7 #10,075
2007 — 9 9 #8,330
2006 — 5 5 #12,384
2005 — 6 6 #10,393
2004 — 8 8 #8,308
2003 — 13 13 #5,638
2001 — 5 5 #10,891
2000 — 10 10 #6,442
1999 — 11 11 #5,759
1998 — 7 7 #7,800
1997 — 7 7 #7,468
1996 — 5 5 #9,334
1995 — 16 16 #3,923
1994 — 12 12 #4,918
1993 — 13 13 #4,531
1992 — 12 12 #4,668
1991 — 23 23 #2,868
1990 — 16 16 #3,681
1989 — 9 9 #5,326
1988 — 16 16 #3,272
1987 — 14 14 #3,429
1986 — 13 13 #3,535
1985 — 11 11 #3,930
1984 — 17 17 #2,777
1983 — 11 11 #3,764
1982 — 8 8 #4,781
1980 — 8 8 #4,698
1979 — 12 12 #3,473
1978 — 9 9 #4,001
1977 — 5 5 #6,265
1976 — 7 7 #4,686
1975 — 11 11 #3,359
1974 — 8 8 #4,037
1973 — 10 10 #3,388
1972 — 9 9 #3,538
1971 — 10 10 #3,304
1970 — 10 10 #3,238
1969 — 9 9 #3,259
1966 — 7 7 #3,477
1964 — 6 6 #3,957
1962 — 7 7 #3,591
1961 — 8 8 #3,324
1960 — 5 5 #4,490
1959 — 8 8 #3,262
1958 — 5 5 #4,404
1956 — 6 6 #3,908
1955 — 6 6 #3,865
1954 — 6 6 #3,822