Peri Girl
How popular is Peri?
#5,553 girl name in 2025
22 baby girls were named Peri in the US in 2025, making it the 5553rd most popular girl name.
Peri popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,553 for girls (▼ 256 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 22 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-45% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,766 in 2015, #3,777 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (92 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,130 in 1960 |
| First recorded | 1936 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Peri counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Perri family of names ranked #2,067 for girls in 2025 (#1,739 the year before), with 64 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Perri | 26 | 41% |
| Peri | 22 | 34% |
| Perrie | 16 | 25% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Peri is most popular
Babies named Peri per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Peri by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1940s | 35 | #3,206 |
| 1950s | 254 | #1,207 |
| 1960s | 438 | #1,130 |
| 1970s | 99 | #4,121 |
| 1980s | 141 | #4,125 |
| 1990s | 462 | #2,103 |
| 2000s | 499 | #2,186 |
| 2010s | 343 | #3,626 |
| 2020s | 189 | #3,677 |
Girl names about as popular as Peri
Questions
- Is Peri a boy or girl name?
- Peri is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Peri were girls.
- How popular is the name Peri?
- 22 baby girls were named Peri in the US in 2025, making it the 5553rd most popular girl name.
- When was Peri most popular?
- Peri peaked in 1960, when 92 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,130 in 1960.
- How many people are named Peri?
- 2,475 babies have been named Peri in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,341 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Peri most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Peri was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.