Boys' name · peaked in 1897
Percy name popularity since 1925
21,249 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Percy (1.9% girls, 98.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1950 or earlier, so the typical Percy is about 76 years old in 2026. Percy peaked in 1897 as the #98 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 21,249
- Named Percy, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1897
- #98 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,279 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.1% boys
- 412 girls · 20,837 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 14.99× its national share
Peak year is the year Percy made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Percy births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Percy peaked earlier, in 1897.
- Steepest fall: Between 1950 and 1955, Percy's share of baby boys fell by 35%, from 1 in 4,360 to 1 in 6,670.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Percy's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Percy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Percy in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 84 | 2,536 | – |
| 1930s | 101 | 3,860 | #277 |
| 1940s | 60 | 3,697 | #322 |
| 1950s | 52 | 3,537 | #418 |
| 1960s | 49 | 2,157 | #552 |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,538 | #697 |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,036 | #932 |
| 1990s | 0 | 736 | #1,487 |
| 2000s | 0 | 492 | #2,520 |
| 2010s | 20 | 557 | #2,291 |
| 2020–25 | 46 | 691 | #1,279 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.6% of babies named Percy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Percy is most popular
The index compares Percy's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Percy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 14.99× | 3,060 |
| Louisiana | 8.09× | 2,448 |
| Alabama | 4.88× | 1,456 |
| Virginia | 2.79× | 1,060 |
| North Carolina | 2.67× | 1,274 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Percy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Percy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Percy (1897).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data