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Perry

Gender
Boy
Say it
PE-ree
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#1,686 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,370 for boys

Perry is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “pear tree”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 1,370th for boys in the US (135 babies).

What does Perry mean?

English: surname from Middle English perie; also a pet form of Peregrine

“pear tree”

From an English surname for someone who lived by a pear tree; also used as a pet form of Peregrine.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Perry a girl's or a boy's name?

Perry is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 83 girls and 135 boys in the US.

How popular is Perry in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,686th among boys
Babies in 2025
16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 27% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Perry, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 141 boys.

Half of all the boys named Perry in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 141 in 19962025
Perry in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202516#1,686
202415#1,745
20239#2,468
202216#1,639
202121#1,341
202016#1,581
201913#1,858
201826#1,142
201723#1,253
201629#1,085
201526#1,140
201431#1,005
201324#1,178
201240#852
201115#1,619
201024#1,170
200922#1,214
200830#972
200721#1,205
200620#1,167
200528#895
200430#807
200329#790
200237#606
200129#691
200040#548
199987#335
199896#301
1997112#276
1996141#243

How popular is Perry in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,370th among boys
Babies in 2025
135 about 1 in 13,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 135 boys in the US were named Perry, making it the 1,370th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,259th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 2,751 boys. 83 girls were also named Perry in 2025 (2,214th for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Perry than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Perry in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 4% of the babies named Perry in the US in 1883, and 38% in 2025.

1880Busiest: 2,751 in 19592025
Perry in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025135#1,370
2024161#1,238
2023136#1,369
2022137#1,366
2021145#1,300
2020146#1,259
2019133#1,347
2018135#1,335
2017147#1,245
2016122#1,421
2015140#1,279
2014151#1,213
2013139#1,255
2012144#1,226
2011149#1,183
2010131#1,309
2009163#1,132
2008166#1,105
2007184#1,025
2006195#954
2005193#914
2004226#798
2003217#799
2002231#749
2001245#718
2000263#676
1999262#657
1998296#617
1997319#579
1996316#575
1995342#549
1994370#529
1993409#504
1992386#516
1991429#475
1990473#454
1989463#437
1988456#424
1987483#392
1986474#387
1985521#354
1984421#402
1983445#380
1982426#394
1981472#370
1980443#387
1979455#376
1978417#377
1977380#401
1976458#356
1975488#350
1974528#331
1973506#336
1972542#329
1971732#285
1970845#263
1969895#243
1968891#239
19671,014#220
19661,121#207
19651,364#186
19641,549#178
19631,712#171
19621,931#164
19612,229#154
19602,415#146
19592,751#132
19582,734#132
19572,369#145
19561,867#163
19551,451#183
19541,254#199
19531,227#199
19521,153#196
19511,176#192
19501,096#193
19491,058#195
1948981#200
19471,053#194
1946856#201
1945683#208
1944605#228
1943690#212
1942706#212
1941593#221
1940553#224
1939584#211
1938579#213
1937544#219
1936504#225
1935517#227
1934545#220
1933486#236
1932528#227
1931543#225
1930581#221
1929576#222
1928633#212
1927584#227
1926565#235
1925568#231
1924602#224
1923588#221
1922615#214
1921565#235
1920542#233
1919528#229
1918553#226
1917527#215
1916439#240
1915478#217
1914338#230
1913280#222
1912216#241
1911152#198
1910125#205
1909109#198
1908133#171
190786#220
190697#186
1905104#180
190493#191
190388#185
1902108#162
190187#170
1900142#148
1899104#148
189883#186
1897103#151
1896111#148
189597#160
189478#190
189391#160
1892110#146
1891104#132
1890108#133
1889105#137
1888124#126
1887112#118
1886141#110
1885115#119
1884135#111
1883133#102
1882133#111
1881123#102
1880134#100

Names like Perry

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Harry, Thomas, William, Billy, Joseph, Stanley, James, Patrick, Robert, Peter, Lewis, Henry

Names related to Perry

Perri, Perrie

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie

Every English name

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, “Perry: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/perry, updated 20 October 2026.