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.

Persis

#10,158 most common girls' name of all time · #16,894 across all names · 0% boys / 100% girls · used 1884–2025

Rank among girls
#10,158
Rank overall
#16,894 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
572
Since 2016
25
Peak year
1918 #1,987
Best rank
#1,014 1885
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Persis first appears in 1884. 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 #15,000
2019 6 — 6 #13,842
2018 7 — 7 #12,500
2016 7 — 7 #12,910
2010 6 — 6 #15,017
2006 5 — 5 #17,226
2003 6 — 6 #13,887
1995 5 — 5 #13,451
1981 8 — 8 #7,455
1980 8 — 8 #7,465
1961 6 — 6 #5,907
1960 6 — 6 #5,746
1958 6 — 6 #5,468
1956 5 — 5 #6,027
1946 6 — 6 #4,470
1944 9 — 9 #3,182
1942 9 — 9 #3,241
1940 6 — 6 #3,925
1938 6 — 6 #3,913
1937 11 — 11 #2,599
1936 8 — 8 #3,152
1934 6 — 6 #3,855
1933 6 — 6 #3,809
1932 7 — 7 #3,604
1931 5 — 5 #4,396
1930 9 — 9 #3,108
1929 12 — 12 #2,618
1928 8 — 8 #3,479
1927 14 — 14 #2,472
1926 10 — 10 #3,089
1925 14 — 14 #2,518
1924 19 — 19 #2,082
1923 13 — 13 #2,617
1922 13 — 13 #2,648
1921 16 — 16 #2,298
1920 13 — 13 #2,618
1919 16 — 16 #2,177
1918 19 — 19 #1,987
1917 18 — 18 #1,944
1916 18 — 18 #1,897
1915 16 — 16 #1,982
1914 12 — 12 #2,042
1913 11 — 11 #1,940
1912 8 — 8 #2,195
1911 8 — 8 #1,831
1910 5 — 5 #2,468
1909 5 — 5 #2,270
1908 5 — 5 #2,167
1907 8 — 8 #1,557
1905 8 — 8 #1,460
1904 5 — 5 #1,952
1903 6 — 6 #1,662
1902 5 — 5 #1,848
1901 6 — 6 #1,535
1900 7 — 7 #1,617
1899 6 — 6 #1,471
1898 5 — 5 #1,773
1897 6 — 6 #1,449
1896 9 — 9 #1,173
1895 8 — 8 #1,258
1892 5 — 5 #1,522
1891 5 — 5 #1,410
1890 7 — 7 #1,171
1889 6 — 6 #1,229
1888 6 — 6 #1,221
1887 5 — 5 #1,235
1885 6 — 6 #1,014
1884 6 — 6 #1,017