Perrin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PAIR-in
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Perrin is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “stone, rock”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Perrin mean?
Greek: medieval French pet form of Pierre (Peter)
“stone, rock”
Began as a medieval French pet form of Pierre and became an English and French surname.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Perrin a girl's or a boy's name?
Perrin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 22 boys in the US.
How popular is Perrin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Perrin, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd.
2025 had the most boys named Perrin of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Perrin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Perrin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Perrin, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1899. 5 girls were also named Perrin in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Perrin than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Perrin in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 16% of the babies named Perrin in the US were girls.
Perrin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 47 | #2,634 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,506 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
Names like Perrin
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, “Perrin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/perrin, updated 20 October 2026.