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.

Pericles

#16,428 most common boys' name of all time · #42,916 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1921–2025

Rank among boys
#16,428
Rank overall
#42,916 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
86
Since 2016
16
Peak year
1965 #3,158
Best rank
#3,158 1965
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
19401960198020002020

Pericles first appears in 1921. 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 — 5 5 #12,192
2024 — 5 5 #12,540
2021 — 6 6 #10,962
2001 — 5 5 #10,789
1997 — 6 6 #8,331
1988 — 5 5 #7,531
1976 — 7 7 #4,610
1973 — 6 6 #4,732
1972 — 7 7 #4,154
1965 — 8 8 #3,158
1963 — 5 5 #4,368
1927 — 5 5 #4,677
1923 — 6 6 #4,197
1922 — 5 5 #4,828
1921 — 5 5 #4,948