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Perry

Boy's name · #1373 in the US (2025) · Timeless

58% boys · 42% girls — Perry is also given to girls: 83 in 2025, about 42% in recent years. Perry →

Popularity over time

Perry holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1373 in 2025). About 76,000 boys have carried it along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 17 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,676 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,925 in Canada (2024).

Famous Perrys

• Perry Como — American singer, actor, television personality (1912–2001)
• Perry King — American actor
• Perry Christie — Bahamian politician
• Perry Anderson — British historian (born 1938)
• Perry Bamonte — British musician (1960–2025)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 222,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Katy Perry — American singer
• Matthew Perry — American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
• Luke Perry — American actor (1966–2019)

In stories & tradition

• Perry Mason — Perry Mason bibliography
• Perry the Platypus — Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (TV series)
• Perry White — Smallville (TV series)

What Perrys become

Among 446 notable people named Perry:

Sports figures appear 1.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Perry McCarthy, English racing driver.

Similar names: Fredrick · Percy · Kerry · Lonnie · Harley · Wiley

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