Pericles Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Pericles: every year it appeared on the national list since 1921, with 86 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

Peak year

1965 #3182

Years on the list

10-year trend

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In the 1960s ·

Popularity history

1921–2025

Year	Births	Rank
1921	5	#4824
1922	5	#4808
1923	6	#4138
1927	5	#4655
1963	5	#4473
1965	8	#3182
1972	7	#4322
1973	6	#4926
1976	7	#4790
1988	5	#8196
1997	6	#8972
2001	5	#11857
2021	6	#11787
2024	5	#13740
2025	5	#13399

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

Where {name} was most used in 1965

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

Names from the same era

Rodney · 1965 Darren · 1965 Darin · 1965 Darrin · 1965 Daren · 1965 Kip · 1965 Daron · 1965 Darron · 1965 Patrick · 1964 Todd · 1964

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