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Its wave through time Most used in the 1960s
In the United States 0 20 40 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1960 per million babies of that sex 2,322 babies given this name since 1936 At its height in 1960, about 1 in 22,000 girls 37 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Pearl Girl The gem, from Old French perle. Victorian · peak 1897 Parker Girl or boy From an English occupational surname for a park-keeper or gamekeeper, from Old French parquier. Modern · peak 2014 Priscilla Girl Latin, a diminutive of Prisca, from priscus 'ancient, old'. Biblical · peak 1940 Preston Boy From an English surname and place name, Old English preost 'priest' and tun 'settlement'. Victorian · peak 2007 Perry Boy From an English surname, Old English pirige 'pear tree'; sometimes from Pierre. Victorian · peak 1958 Percy Boy From the Norman surname Percy, from a place name in Normandy. Victorian · peak 1882 Presley Girl From an English surname, a variant of Priestley, from Old English preost 'priest' and leah 'clearing'. Modern · peak 2014 Prince Boy The English word prince, from Latin princeps 'first, chief'. Colonial · peak 2019 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.