How Many People Are Named Percy?
people named Percy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 30,044 people in the US has this name
Based on 32,840 babies named Percy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
618 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from the name of a Norman town Perci, which was itself perhaps derived from a Gaulish given name which was Latinized as Persius. The surname was borne by a noble English family, and it first used as a given name in their honour. A famous bearer was Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), an English romantic poet whose works include 'Adonais' and 'Ozymandias'. This name can also be used as a short form of PERCIVAL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Percy, 1.9% were girls and 98.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 1% of the babies were girls then and 6.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Percy alive today is about 55 years old, and 51% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 39 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Percy first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 618 babies. In 2025, 164 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Percy never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #98, in 1897, and it was in the top 100 in 2 years between 1893 and 1897. In 2025 it ranked #1,279.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,279 |
| Best rank | #98 (1897) |
| Years in the top 100 | 2 (1893 to 1897) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #243 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Percy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Percy were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 1,361 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Percy was given 10 times as often in Mississippi, 7.3 times in Louisiana and 3.7 times in Alabama.
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