Peri
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PEH-ree
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Peri is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “fairy”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Peri mean?
Persian: from Persian pari
“fairy”
In Persian mythology peris are beautiful winged spirits; the word passed into Turkish as peri.
Is Peri a girl's or a boy's name?
Peri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Peri in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Peri, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Peri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were given Peri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Peri 8
- Perri 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Peri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Peri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Peri, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 92 girls. It first appears in the records in 1936.
2025 had fewer girls named Peri than any year since 1991.
Half of all the girls named Peri in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were given Peri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,626, up from #5,553 for this spelling alone.
- Perri 26
- Peri 22
Peri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,677 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,797 |
| 2002 | 66 | #2,411 |
| 2001 | 61 | #2,508 |
| 2000 | 72 | #2,186 |
| 1999 | 65 | #2,280 |
| 1998 | 68 | #2,121 |
| 1997 | 62 | #2,197 |
| 1996 | 65 | #2,103 |
| 1995 | 47 | #2,618 |
| 1994 | 55 | #2,348 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 31 | #2,164 |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,376 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,669 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,344 |
| 1964 | 34 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,814 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,557 |
| 1961 | 70 | #1,326 |
| 1960 | 92 | #1,130 |
| 1959 | 78 | #1,207 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,346 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,621 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,471 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,449 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
Names like Peri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Heidi, Autumn, Robyn, Remi, Jasmine, Ivy, Mia, Thea, Gigi, Fatima, Willow, Harper
Other spellings of Peri
Names related to Peri
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan
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, “Peri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/peri, updated 20 October 2026.