How Many People Are Named Per?
people named Per are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,088,486 people in the US has this name
Based on 369 babies named Per in Social Security records from 1923 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
14 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Scandinavian and Breton form of PETER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Per in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Per alive today is about 48 years old, and 58% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Per first appears in the records in 1923 and was given most often in 1963, to 14 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1923 to 2020
🏆 Rank History
Per has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,188, in 1966.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,188 (1966) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,552 in the 1960s |
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