Perley peaked in the US in 1881 at #332, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Perley as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
1964
#2,854 (9)
1963
#4,048 (5)
1959
#3,619 (6)
1957
#2,822 (9)
1956
#3,216 (7)
1955
#2,435 (11)
1952
#3,095 (7)
1951
#2,662 (9)
1950
#2,111 (13)
1949
#2,606 (9)
1948
#2,326 (11)
1947
#2,671 (9)
1946
#2,534 (9)
1945
#2,242 (10)
1944
#2,633 (8)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1881 at #332.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
In 1945, 33% of US babies named Perley were girls.