How Many People Are Named Per?
An estimated 325 people in the United States have the first name Per. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 50 years old, and Per peaked in popularity in 1963 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Per as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Per paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
325
About 1 in 1,054,629 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
50
years old
Peak Year
1963
14 births
Total Registered
369
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Per
Per is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 369 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Per as a male name
Ranked #13,551 in 2020
5 male births in 2020
Peak: 1963 (14 births)
Per: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Per span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 111 babies were registered. Per has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Per by Decade
How has Per tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Per + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Per as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Per
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Per: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Per?
We estimate approximately 325 people named Per are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,054,629 Americans share this first name.
Is Per a common name?
Per is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 369 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Per most popular?
Per reached peak popularity in 1963, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Per is approximately 50 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Per a male name?
Per is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Per Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Per Smith, Per Johnson, Per Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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