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Perrin

#4,666 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Stone, rock, through Peter

Perrin has been given to 2,047 babies in the U.S. since 1899. In 2025 it ranked #4,666 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 47 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% boys, 23% girls all-time.

Babies named Perrin, 2025

1 in 151,000

Perrin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Perrin over time

In 2025, Perrin went to 19% girls and 81% boys.

18992025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Perrin: meaning, origin, and history

Stone, rock, through Peter

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Perrin means

Perrin belongs to the name family reached through Perrin → Peter. Its meaning is “stone, rock”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From a Middle English pet-form of Peter, from an Old French diminutive of Pierre.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Perrin (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Perrin is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Peter and Pierre.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,568 boys were recorded with the name Perrin between 1899 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 47 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,165 in 1899.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,323 in 2020 to #4,666 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,754 in 2015 to #4,666 in 2025.

In the United States, 479 girls were recorded with the name Perrin between 1962 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2015; its best national rank was #5,835 in 1969.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,815 in 2020 to #16,674 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,918 in 2015 to #16,674 in 2025.

How common is Perrin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 151,000
22 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 77,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,666
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
104,451 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Perrin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 104,451 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Perrin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Perrins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Perrin was born before 2004 — so the typical Perrin is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
25.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
55.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,464
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 25.3% of all recorded uses (396).

Is Perrin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−904
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,343
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,912
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.50×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
46.8%
Peak was 2007 (47)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,165
1899

Spellings of Perrin

Perrin is not the most common spelling — Perry is, with 28.8% against Perrin's 0.59%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Perrin is used

Across 1910–2025, Perrin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 953,224 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —
  5. 5Utah1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Perrin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Perrin around the world

Where Perrin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1996–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1947–2002
    #606
    in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Perrin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,666
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,343
Best rank ever
#1,165
1899
Peak year
2007
47 that year
First recorded
1899
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,568
Count in 2025
22

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,674
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 7,859
Best rank ever
#5,835
1969
Peak year
2015
18 that year
First recorded
1962
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
479
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Perrin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Perrin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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