Peretz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PEH-rets
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Peretz is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “breach, bursting forth”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Peretz mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of the biblical Perez
“breach, bursting forth”
Peretz, son of Judah and Tamar in Genesis, was an ancestor of King David.
Is Peretz a girl's or a boy's name?
Peretz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Peretz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Peretz, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Peretz in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Peretz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Peretz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Peretz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/peretz, updated 20 October 2026.