Percell
Percell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195327 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1907
- 1,064people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,064 boys have been named Percell in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1953, with 27 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 27 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1950s alone account for 18%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Percell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 64 | |
| 1920s | 142 | |
| 1930s | 156 | |
| 1940s | 188 | |
| 1950s | 190 | |
| 1960s | 137 | |
| 1970s | 76 | |
| 1980s | 62 | |
| 1990s | 28 | |
| 2000s | 16 |
In 1953, its biggest year
Percell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1953 were Robert, James, Michael, John and David. See all of 1953.
Names that rose and fell with Percell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lennispeak 1948
- Rayfordpeak 1937
- Cleophuspeak 1947
- Carlispeak 1946
- Thurmondpeak 1948
- Glynnpeak 1950
- Girardpeak 1926
- Curtisspeak 1959
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.