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Perris

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Stone, rock, through Piers

Perris has been given to 302 babies in the U.S. since 1983. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1991, with 15 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 58% boys, 42% girls all-time.

Babies named Perris, 2005

1 in 769,000

Perris over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Perris over time

In 2023, Perris went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19832023

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.

Perris: meaning, origin, and history

Stone, rock, through Piers

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Perris means

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

Origin, language, and formation

Perris is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Piers and Peter.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 174 boys were recorded with the name Perris between 1983 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1991; its best national rank was #3,956 in 1991.

In the United States, 128 girls were recorded with the name Perris between 1987 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2003; its best national rank was #8,363 in 2003.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Perris?

Perris had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2005, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2005
1 in 769,000
5 of 3,844,258 births
Among boys only
1 in 399,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2005
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
532,928 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Perris 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 2005 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 532,928 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Perris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Perriss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Perris was born before 1993 — so the typical Perris is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
59.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
174
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Choose a decade

1990s — 59.2% of all recorded uses (103).

Is Perris 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1991 (15)
Years since peak
34
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,956
1991

Spellings of Perris

Perris is not the most common spelling — Perry is, with 34.2% against Perris's 0.08%.

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 Perris is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Perris was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 871,635 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 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. Perris has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Perris is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Perris was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,601,278 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Perris has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Perris by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#3,956
1991
Peak year
1991
15 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
2005
All-time count
174
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,363
2003
Peak year
2003
13 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
128
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Perris

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

PeretzPerrionFenrisAndrisAmirisPerisFaarisPeregrinPerezArrisAmerisAkyrisPerlieCharisPerrinPericlesSirisPerriWarisJarisPercieOsyrisLaurisBurris

Sibling names for Perris

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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