Recorded 1899–2025 · United States
Perrin was most popular in 2015, when 62 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,883 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,448, with 27 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,047 people named Perrin.
Perrin first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1899, which makes it about 126 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 91 of the 127 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,047 American births named Perrin between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,881 are estimated to be alive today.
27 American babies were named Perrin in 2025, ranking #8,448 that year.
Perrin is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 38 births a year, against 48 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -21% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Perrin is a unisex name — 23.4% of the 2,047 Americans given it were girls and 76.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 22% girls and 78% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 1,881 Americans named Perrin are alive today — 92% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 21 years old, and half are between 11 and 35.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org