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Perrin

boys’ name · 77%girls’ name · 23%ComebackCompare

Perrin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 30 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
300.00% of boys
Peak year
200747 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1899
2,020people given the name
Babies named Perrin, by year of birthboysgirls
01325385018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,546 boys have been named Perrin in the United States since 1899, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 47 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2010s alone account for 26%.

Perrin is used for both sexes: 23% of its bearers are girls (474), most of them born around 2015.

By decade

Decadeboys named Perrin
1890s5
1910s31
1920s20
1930s11
1940s37
1950s65
1960s101
1970s106
1980s114
1990s184
2000s305
2010s396
2020s171

In 2007, its biggest year

Perrin was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.

Names that rose and fell with Perrin

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.