Perley

Boy · recorded 1880–1964

  • 1964last recorded
  • 1881best year

Most popular in 1881.

Last recorded in 1964. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

011923818801901192219431964

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 76 recorded years as a table
Perley, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880163
1881238
188288
188376
188470
1885111
1886108
1887118
188874
188945
189099
189189
1892164
189398
189443
189543
189659
189753
189841
189985
190040
190194
190241
190350
190439
190553
190891
190930
191144
191226
191331
191434
191535
191625
191726
191818
191927
192024
192120
192221
192317
192421
192522
192619
192714
192819
192922
193024
193129
193220
193323
19349
193512
193610
193717
193814
19399
194022
19417
19427
19434
19446
19457
19466
19475
19486
19495
19507
19515
19524
19555
19563
19574
19593
19632
19645

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Perley isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1964
9
Rank in 1964
#2,854
How rare
1 in 221,410 boys
Since 1880
1,020

Perley was last recorded in 1964. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1881, at 238 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Perley doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.