Per is a boy name. It last appeared in U.S. Social Security records in 2020. Per first appears in the data in 1923 and reached its peak in 1963 (14 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #25,221 |
| 2011 | 5 | #27,409 |
| 2006 | 5 | #27,599 |
| 2004 | 6 | #22,590 |
| 2002 | 6 | #21,689 |
| 2001 | 9 | #16,255 |
| 1998 | 5 | #22,312 |
| 1997 | 8 | #15,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #20,447 |
| 1991 | 6 | #17,697 |
| 1990 | 6 | #17,460 |
| 1988 | 9 | #11,771 |
| 1987 | 8 | #12,214 |
| 1986 | 10 | #10,147 |
| 1985 | 5 | #16,084 |
| 1984 | 7 | #12,348 |
| 1983 | 9 | #10,252 |
| 1982 | 5 | #15,844 |
| 1980 | 8 | #11,236 |
| 1979 | 6 | #13,506 |
| 1978 | 7 | #11,489 |
| 1977 | 6 | #12,810 |
| 1976 | 5 | #14,071 |
| 1975 | 5 | #13,665 |
| 1974 | 12 | #7,318 |
| 1973 | 5 | #12,786 |
| 1972 | 8 | #9,076 |
| 1971 | 12 | #7,003 |
| 1970 | 8 | #8,848 |
| 1969 | 11 | #6,734 |
| 1968 | 14 | #5,558 |
| 1967 | 8 | #7,548 |
| 1966 | 14 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 8 | #7,454 |
| 1964 | 14 | #5,459 |
| 1963 | 14 | #5,414 |
| 1962 | 13 | #5,593 |
| 1961 | 10 | #6,598 |
| 1960 | 5 | #9,971 |
| 1959 | 11 | #6,011 |
| 1958 | 13 | #5,341 |
| 1957 | 9 | #6,690 |
| 1954 | 6 | #8,256 |
| 1953 | 7 | #7,377 |
| 1938 | 5 | #7,789 |
| 1923 | 6 | #8,263 |