Perry

Meaning: Pear tree
Origin: English surname

Meaning: Traveler, pilgrim
Origin: Latin — Short form of Peregrine

Boy's name · #1373 in the US (2025) · Timeless

58% boys · 42% girls — Perry is also given to girls: 83 in 2025, about 42% in recent years. Perry →

Popularity over time

Perry holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1373 in 2025). About 76,000 boys have carried it along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 17 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,613 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,269 in Canada (2025) · #20,722 in Italy (2023) · #720 in Scotland (2021) · #2,920 in Austria (2014) · #7,869 in Ecuador (2014) · #1,686 in Sweden (2009) · #5,146 in France (2009) · #351 in New Zealand (1995) · #828 in Belgium (1995) · #95 in Australia (NSW) (1959).

Famous Perrys

Perry Como — American singer, actor, and TV personality (1912–2001)
Perry King — American actor (born 1948)
Perry Christie — Bahamian politician (born 1943)
Perry Anderson — British historian (born 1938)
Perry Bamonte — English musician (1960–2025)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 222,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Katy Perry — American singer (born 1984)
Matthew Perry — American and Canadian actor (1969–2023)
Luke Perry — American actor (1966–2019)

In stories & tradition

Perry Mason — Perry Mason bibliography
Perry the Platypus — Fictional character from Phineas and Ferb
Perry White — Fictional character in DC Comics

What Perrys become

Among 446 notable people named Perry:

Sports figures appear 1.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Perry McCarthy, British racing driver (born 1961).

Similar names: Fredrick · Percy · Kerry · Byron · Lonnie · Harley

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