Boy · Old English surname
Perry
Say it: PAIR-ee
Meaning
From an English surname, Old English pirige 'pear tree'; sometimes from Pierre.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used as a first name in the US from the 1800s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1950s
In the United States
- 78,465 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1958, about 1 in 775 boys
- 234 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Perry Como, American singer
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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