Peri · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1936

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 82 recorded years as a table

Peri, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1936	5
1940	7
1945	5
1947	5
1948	4
1949	4
1950	4
1951	5
1952	8
1953	9
1954	10
1955	10
1956	9
1957	11
1958	23
1959	39
1960	46
1961	35
1962	26
1963	21
1964	18
1965	15
1966	27
1967	16
1968	19
1969	12
1970	6
1971	8
1972	7
1973	4
1974	8
1975	7
1976	7
1977	5
1978	5
1979	7
1980	6
1981	4
1982	10
1983	7
1984	8
1985	11
1986	8
1987	8
1988	10
1989	10
1990	13
1991	9
1992	16
1993	16
1994	31
1995	27
1996	37
1997	36
1998	38
1999	37
2000	40
2001	34
2002	37
2003	30
2004	27
2005	26
2006	26
2007	20
2008	12
2009	20
2010	16
2011	16
2012	19
2013	22
2014	20
2015	22
2016	20
2017	24
2018	14
2019	21
2020	24
2021	25
2022	20
2023	20
2024	15
2025	14

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Peri 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 22
Rank in 2025: #5,554
How rare: 1 in 73,057 girls
Since 1936: 2,465

Most popular in 1960, at 46 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 39% per million girls born.

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