How Many People Are Named Perel?
An estimated 836 people in the United States have the first name Perel. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 14 years old, and Perel peaked in popularity in 2024 with 52 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Perel 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 Perel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
836
About 1 in 409,993 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
14
years old
Peak Year
2024
52 births
Total Registered
846
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Perel
Perel is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 846 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Perel as a female name
Ranked #3,101 in 2024
52 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (52 births)
Perel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Perel span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 299 babies were registered. While Perel is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Perel by Decade
How has Perel 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.
Perel by State
Perel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Perel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Perel
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Perel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Perel?
We estimate approximately 836 people named Perel 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 409,993 Americans share this first name.
Is Perel a common name?
Perel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 88.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 846 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Perel most popular?
Perel reached peak popularity in 2024, when 52 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Perel is approximately 14 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Perel a female name?
Perel is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Perel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Perel Smith, Perel Johnson, Perel 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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