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.

Perrin**

#3,096 most common boys' name of all time · #7,515 across all names · 77% male / 23% female · used 1899–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#3,096
Rank overall
#7,515 of 105,966
First appeared
1899
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
2,047
Since 2016
473
Peak year
2015 #2,727
Best rank
#1,199 1899
Girls Boys peak 62/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Perrin first appears in 1899. 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 22 27 #4,552
2024 30 30 #3,699
2023 7 36 43 #3,296
2022 12 38 50 #3,157
2021 8 33 41 #3,435
2020 12 34 46 #3,279
2019 16 44 60 #2,816
2018 13 47 60 #2,639
2017 16 40 56 #2,958
2016 17 43 60 #2,790
2015 18 44 62 #2,727
2014 15 33 48 #3,300
2013 11 39 50 #2,903
2012 10 22 32 #4,397
2011 6 44 50 #2,707
2010 8 40 48 #2,921
2009 14 27 41 #3,836
2008 5 29 34 #3,655
2007 10 47 57 #2,604
2006 11 32 43 #3,320
2005 9 30 39 #3,329
2004 17 34 51 #2,961
2003 12 29 41 #3,200
2002 14 29 43 #3,107
2001 11 25 36 #3,417
2000 9 23 32 #3,546
1999 13 35 48 #2,519
1998 9 24 33 #3,214
1997 8 16 24 #4,080
1996 6 17 23 #3,847
1995 11 14 25 #4,310
1994 9 15 24 #4,119
1993 9 20 29 #3,259
1992 7 22 29 #3,016
1991 11 13 24 #4,259
1990 5 8 13 #5,890
1989 8 15 23 #3,647
1988 13 10 23 #4,491
1987 8 13 21 #3,550
1986 9 14 23 #3,293
1985 12 12 #3,638
1984 10 12 22 #3,506
1983 6 10 16 #3,913
1982 7 12 19 #3,509
1981 5 5 #6,379
1980 11 11 #3,659
1979 7 15 22 #2,919
1978 6 13 19 #3,096
1977 7 7 #4,657
1976 6 6 #5,028
1975 5 5 #5,565
1974 6 7 13 #4,264
1973 7 12 19 #2,899
1972 5 6 11 #4,526
1971 18 18 #2,221
1970 17 17 #2,238
1969 8 11 19 #2,723
1968 6 6 #3,781
1967 8 8 #3,058
1966 12 12 #2,373
1965 13 13 #2,305
1964 10 10 #2,719
1963 11 11 #2,573
1962 5 9 14 #2,903
1961 11 11 #2,590
1960 10 10 #2,739
1959 7 7 #3,365
1957 7 7 #3,325
1956 8 8 #3,033
1955 12 12 #2,354
1954 6 6 #3,533
1953 8 8 #2,969
1951 11 11 #2,411
1950 6 6 #3,424
1946 6 6 #3,257
1944 8 8 #2,708
1943 6 6 #3,320
1942 5 5 #3,659
1941 6 6 #3,232
1940 6 6 #3,229
1933 6 6 #3,368
1931 5 5 #3,870
1928 6 6 #3,789
1925 9 9 #3,003
1922 5 5 #4,410
1919 6 6 #3,808
1918 8 8 #3,163
1917 7 7 #3,281
1916 5 5 #4,005
1912 5 5 #2,646
1899 5 5 #1,199