NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Per Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Per: every year it appeared on the national list since 1923, with 369 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
369
Peak year
1963 #2279
Years on the list
46
10-year trend
+0.0%

In the 1960s ·

Popularity history

1923–2020

YearBirthsRank
19855#7312
198610#4388
19878#5322
19889#5106
19906#7853
19916#7981
19925#9445
19978#7104
19985#10867
20019#7362
20026#10330
20046#10978
20065#13502
20115#13810
20205#13557

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1963

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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