Per
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1968
14 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
369
since 1923
Born a Per? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Per was most popular in 1968, when 14 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Per in 2025. Not recorded since 2020.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 5 | 12022 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 5 | 12287 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 6 | 9392 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 9 | 6935 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 8 | 6618 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 5 | 8435 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 6 | 7271 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 6 | 7178 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 9 | 4786 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 8 | 4968 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 10 | 4130 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 5 | 6523 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 7 | 4973 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 9 | 4141 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 8 | 4495 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 6 | 5355 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 7 | 4554 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 6 | 5123 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 5 | 5587 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 12 | 2946 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 5 | 5101 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 8 | 3622 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 12 | 2813 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 8 | 3521 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 11 | 2682 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 14 | 2200 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 8 | 2985 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 14 | 2132 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 8 | 2982 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 14 | 2205 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 14 | 2200 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 13 | 2279 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 10 | 2706 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 5 | 4038 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 11 | 2530 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 13 | 2265 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 9 | 2822 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 6 | 3452 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 7 | 3143 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 5 | 3534 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 6 | 3822 |
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