Perri
Feminine · “by the pear tree”
Perri is given to both — 2,448 girls and 114 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Perry is a pear tree. The Old English pirige named the tree, and someone who lived beside one was called for it, which is how a great many English surnames were made. Perri is the mid-century American spelling, made feminine with an -i in the decades that also produced Jodi, Toni and Ricki.
How old is the name Perri?
Perri first appears in US birth records in 1942 — 83 years ago. The typical Perri alive today was born around 1992, making them about 33 years old. About 2,300 people named Perri are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Perri most popular?
Perri peaked in 1958, reaching #947 nationally. Today it ranks #4987, 4,040 places below that high. See the whole 1958 chart.
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Where it comes from
From pirige to Perri
The story of Perri
English surnames from single trees are common, since a landmark tree was the easiest way to say which house you meant: Perry, Ash, Oakes, Thorne and Willows all come from that habit. The surname crossed to America early and became a first name in the nineteenth century. The -i ending belongs to the middle of the twentieth, when American families were building girls' names by adding a bright vowel to boys' short forms, and Perri came out of that.
Meaningscholars disagree
by the pear tree
Old English pirige, a pear tree, gives the locational surname Perry, and that is the commonest source. A second road runs through the Welsh ap Herry, son of Harry, which English clerks wrote as Parry and Perry. And Perry has also served as a short form of Peregrine, from Latin peregrinus, a traveler or pilgrim.
How the name formed
- pirige
- Perry
- Perri
Related forms: Parry · Perry
Pronouncing Perri
PAIR-ee
Two syllables, stress in front. Perry, Perri and Peri are said identically.
Nicknames for Perri
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1942
- Most girls named
- 195991 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #947reached in 1958
- Change vs 2023
- −42.2%26 in 2025, from 45
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Perri in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Parry in Welsh — related form
- Perry in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, New York, New Jersey.
Perris among us
people named Perri are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 61,818 born in 2025 was named Perri
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Perri
- #4987
- Perri on the 2025 chart
- #829
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Perri went to 26 girls in 2025, but Perry and Peri are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 131, which makes it the 829th most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,158 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 12,269 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 61,818 for Perri itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Melvin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Perri's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Melvin climbed just as high around 1928, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Melvin's path sketches the road Perri is walking now.
Perri sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Perri is headed
Perri should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Perri beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Perri in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a single tree and needs no explaining.
- It works for a child of either sex, which some families want.
- It is short, phonetic and easy to write after one hearing.
- Perry is the standard spelling and will be written instead by most people.
- The -i ending places the name firmly in the middle of the last century.
- Perri, Peri and Perry all circulate, so the spelling will be asked for.
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Frequently asked
- How many Perris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,300 people named Perri are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Perri?
- Perri is one of 3 recorded spellings. Perry is the more common one — 83 births in 2025 against 26 for Perri.
- How popular is the name Perri in 2025?
- Perri ranks #4987 among US girl names in 2025, with 26 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Perri?
- About 1 in every 61,818 US girls born in 2025 was named Perri — 26 in all.
- Will my child share the name Perri with classmates?
- Perri will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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