Percy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PUR-see
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #321 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,276 for boys
Percy is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 321st for boys in the UK (152 babies) and 1,276th for boys in the US (154 babies).
What does Percy mean?
French: Norman surname from a place in Normandy; also a pet form of Percival
From the Percy family, Norman lords of Northumberland; the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley is a famous bearer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Percy a girl's or a boy's name?
Percy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 152 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 154 boys in the US.
How popular is Percy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #321among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 152about 1 in 2,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 152 boys in the UK were named Percy, making it the 321st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 384th.
2025 had the most boys named Percy of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Percy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 299th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#29), 1914 (#44) and 1924 (#67).
Percy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 152 | #321 |
| 2024 | 136 | #359 |
| 2023 | 113 | #401 |
| 2022 | 121 | #390 |
| 2021 | 134 | #371 |
| 2020 | 129 | #384 |
| 2019 | 132 | #378 |
| 2018 | 109 | #429 |
| 2017 | 98 | #469 |
| 2016 | 84 | #530 |
| 2015 | 82 | #530 |
| 2014 | 59 | #655 |
| 2013 | 46 | #768 |
| 2012 | 30 | #1,030 |
| 2011 | 34 | #929 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,452 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Percy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,276among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 154about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 139% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 154 boys in the US were named Percy, making it the 1,276th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 603 boys. 10 girls were also named Percy in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Percy in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Percy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 154 | #1,276 |
| 2024 | 157 | #1,256 |
| 2023 | 112 | #1,558 |
| 2022 | 112 | #1,574 |
| 2021 | 87 | #1,799 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,188 |
| 2017 | 73 | #1,958 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,016 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,164 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,184 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 57 | #2,281 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 45 | #2,489 |
| 2004 | 60 | #1,985 |
| 2003 | 47 | #2,265 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 59 | #1,867 |
| 2000 | 52 | #1,964 |
| 1999 | 56 | #1,775 |
| 1998 | 61 | #1,677 |
| 1997 | 62 | #1,625 |
| 1996 | 61 | #1,596 |
| 1995 | 65 | #1,472 |
| 1994 | 75 | #1,341 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,353 |
| 1992 | 95 | #1,126 |
| 1991 | 88 | #1,177 |
| 1990 | 102 | #1,045 |
| 1989 | 98 | #1,041 |
| 1988 | 107 | #923 |
| 1987 | 73 | #1,122 |
| 1986 | 91 | #957 |
| 1985 | 96 | #927 |
| 1984 | 98 | #883 |
| 1983 | 105 | #856 |
| 1982 | 114 | #831 |
| 1981 | 130 | #767 |
| 1980 | 124 | #786 |
| 1979 | 119 | #794 |
| 1978 | 146 | #693 |
| 1977 | 137 | #728 |
| 1976 | 138 | #711 |
| 1975 | 143 | #692 |
| 1974 | 147 | #668 |
| 1973 | 169 | #611 |
| 1972 | 177 | #601 |
| 1971 | 187 | #611 |
| 1970 | 175 | #613 |
| 1969 | 202 | #554 |
| 1968 | 181 | #565 |
| 1967 | 178 | #560 |
| 1966 | 195 | #549 |
| 1965 | 193 | #551 |
| 1964 | 207 | #549 |
| 1963 | 235 | #521 |
| 1962 | 250 | #503 |
| 1961 | 246 | #507 |
| 1960 | 270 | #482 |
| 1959 | 264 | #482 |
| 1958 | 280 | #475 |
| 1957 | 348 | #417 |
| 1956 | 319 | #422 |
| 1955 | 309 | #416 |
| 1954 | 363 | #369 |
| 1953 | 376 | #356 |
| 1952 | 443 | #330 |
| 1951 | 424 | #331 |
| 1950 | 411 | #333 |
| 1949 | 397 | #337 |
| 1948 | 411 | #331 |
| 1947 | 412 | #337 |
| 1946 | 343 | #352 |
| 1945 | 343 | #321 |
| 1944 | 350 | #320 |
| 1943 | 393 | #314 |
| 1942 | 381 | #314 |
| 1941 | 339 | #316 |
| 1940 | 328 | #311 |
| 1939 | 360 | #291 |
| 1938 | 349 | #293 |
| 1937 | 356 | #287 |
| 1936 | 360 | #284 |
| 1935 | 385 | #277 |
| 1934 | 377 | #276 |
| 1933 | 399 | #265 |
| 1932 | 430 | #262 |
| 1931 | 415 | #270 |
| 1930 | 429 | #274 |
| 1929 | 497 | #250 |
| 1928 | 483 | #255 |
| 1927 | 519 | #248 |
| 1926 | 493 | #252 |
| 1925 | 544 | #241 |
| 1924 | 560 | #242 |
| 1923 | 540 | #242 |
| 1922 | 599 | #222 |
| 1921 | 603 | #220 |
| 1920 | 601 | #216 |
| 1919 | 595 | #209 |
| 1918 | 567 | #218 |
| 1917 | 515 | #217 |
| 1916 | 524 | #211 |
| 1915 | 488 | #214 |
| 1914 | 449 | #189 |
| 1913 | 356 | #189 |
| 1912 | 337 | #174 |
| 1911 | 184 | #172 |
| 1910 | 195 | #160 |
| 1909 | 159 | #157 |
| 1908 | 151 | #158 |
| 1907 | 160 | #144 |
| 1906 | 141 | #145 |
| 1905 | 169 | #128 |
| 1904 | 125 | #153 |
| 1903 | 124 | #151 |
| 1902 | 167 | #114 |
| 1901 | 120 | #138 |
| 1900 | 201 | #114 |
| 1899 | 142 | #117 |
| 1898 | 155 | #119 |
| 1897 | 183 | #98 |
| 1896 | 157 | #116 |
| 1895 | 164 | #109 |
| 1894 | 173 | #104 |
| 1893 | 177 | #100 |
| 1892 | 149 | #116 |
| 1891 | 131 | #111 |
| 1890 | 140 | #113 |
| 1889 | 144 | #110 |
| 1888 | 151 | #111 |
| 1887 | 123 | #110 |
| 1886 | 122 | #119 |
| 1885 | 98 | #137 |
| 1884 | 126 | #114 |
| 1883 | 87 | #148 |
| 1882 | 126 | #116 |
| 1881 | 95 | #124 |
| 1880 | 94 | #144 |
Names like Percy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Percy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/percy, updated 20 October 2026.