Perez

Perez was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales.

Perez as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Perez as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesUS
Perez as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotland
2025#9,714 (7)#2,269 (10)#762 (3)
2024#8,987 (8)#4,271 (4)—
2023#9,763 (7)#4,992 (3)—
2022#12,330 (5)#3,049 (6)—
2020#8,739 (8)——
2019#9,756 (7)#3,411 (5)—
2018#7,617 (10)#2,112 (10)—
2017#8,140 (9)#3,040 (6)—
2016#9,664 (7)#3,079 (6)—
2015#10,644 (6)#2,707 (7)—
2014#5,733 (15)#3,362 (5)—
2013#5,404 (16)#2,660 (7)—
2012#9,709 (7)#2,458 (8)—
2011#8,767 (8)#2,613 (7)—
2010#9,693 (7)#3,865 (4)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1991 at #2,828.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1954.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 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 250,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon