Peregrine
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Peregrine is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “foreigner”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Peregrine mean?
Latin
“foreigner”
A male given name from Latin; and of mostly British usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Peregrine a girl's or a boy's name?
Peregrine is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 11 girls and 35 boys in the US.
How popular is Peregrine in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Peregrine, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Peregrine in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Peregrine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Peregrine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,313th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Peregrine, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998. 11 girls were also named Peregrine in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Peregrine in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 24% of the babies named Peregrine in the US were girls.
Peregrine in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Peregrine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie, Rome, Theodore, Remy, Alfie, Jude, Oliver, Theo, Enzo, Matteo, Luca, Cillian
Names related to Peregrine
More Latin names
Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Peregrine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/peregrine, updated 20 October 2026.