NameTides

Percy

Percy was the #1,276 boys' name in the US in 2025 (154 babies), and #299 in England & Wales and #981 in Canada.

Percy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Percy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Percy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,276 (154)#299 (152)———#981 (26)
2024#1,256 (157)#332 (133)#727 (3)——#1,432 (15)
2023#1,558 (112)#366 (112)———#1,342 (15)
2022#1,574 (112)#353 (120)——#779 (3)#1,759 (10)
2021#1,799 (87)#341 (131)#720 (3)——#1,560 (12)
2020#2,046 (69)#347 (129)———#1,454 (13)
2019#2,766 (45)#347 (128)—#418 (3)—#1,256 (16)
2018#2,189 (63)#399 (107)———#1,836 (9)
2017#1,958 (73)#439 (96)———#1,510 (12)
2016#2,626 (47)#486 (83)———#1,683 (10)
2015#2,276 (58)#485 (81)————
2014#2,017 (70)#597 (59)———#2,133 (7)
2013#2,165 (61)#709 (46)———#1,771 (9)
2012#2,185 (60)#962 (30)———#1,781 (9)
2011#2,950 (39)#852 (34)———#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1897 at #98.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Percy were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Percy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,500 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Percy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #844INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,347TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Percy (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PercyCanadaBoys#98126
PercyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
PercyEngland & WalesBoys#299152
PercyIrelandBoys—too few
PercyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PercyScotlandBoys—too few
PercyUSGirls#9,45710
PercyUSBoys#1,276154