Peri is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1960 and has grown less common since.
Peri is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,667 for girl births in the United States (and #9,868 across all names), given to 22 babies. Peri was first reported in SSA data in 1936 and peaked in 1960 (92 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | #5,667 | — |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | #5,407 | — |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | #4,435 | — |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | #4,445 | — |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | #3,721 | — |
| 2020 | 38 | 38 | #3,826 | — |
| 2019 | 36 | 36 | #4,056 | — |
| 2018 | 24 | 24 | #5,422 | — |
| 2017 | 42 | 42 | #3,681 | — |
| 2016 | 36 | 36 | #4,141 | — |
| 2015 | 40 | 40 | #3,831 | — |
| 2014 | 35 | 35 | #4,244 | — |
| 2013 | 38 | 38 | #3,985 | — |
| 2012 | 34 | 34 | #4,360 | — |
| 2011 | 29 | 29 | #4,887 | — |
| 2010 | 29 | 29 | #4,943 | — |
| 2009 | 36 | 36 | #4,255 | — |
| 2008 | 23 | 23 | #6,094 | — |
| 2007 | 39 | 39 | #4,037 | — |
| 2006 | 50 | 50 | #3,299 | — |
| 2005 | 48 | 48 | #3,249 | — |
| 2004 | 49 | 49 | #3,162 | — |
| 2003 | 55 | 55 | #2,831 | — |
| 2002 | 66 | 66 | #2,441 | — |
| 2001 | 61 | 61 | #2,533 | — |
| 2000 | 72 | 72 | #2,206 | — |
| 1999 | 65 | 65 | #2,302 | — |
| 1998 | 68 | 68 | #2,140 | — |
| 1997 | 62 | — | #2,218 | — |
| 1996 | 65 | — | #2,121 | — |
| 1995 | 47 | — | #2,644 | — |
| 1994 | 55 | — | #2,374 | — |
| 1993 | 29 | — | #3,749 | — |
| 1992 | 30 | — | #3,647 | — |
| 1991 | 16 | — | #5,862 | — |
| 1990 | 25 | — | #4,089 | — |
| 1989 | 18 | — | #4,999 | — |
| 1988 | 18 | — | #4,796 | — |
| 1987 | 14 | — | #5,532 | — |
| 1986 | 14 | — | #5,380 | — |
| 1985 | 19 | — | #4,234 | — |
| 1984 | 13 | — | #5,449 | — |
| 1983 | 11 | — | #6,103 | — |
| 1982 | 17 | — | #4,479 | — |
| 1981 | 7 | — | #8,772 | — |
| 1980 | 10 | — | #6,634 | — |
| 1979 | 12 | — | #5,651 | — |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #8,290 | — |
| 1977 | 8 | — | #7,362 | — |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #5,913 | — |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #5,851 | — |
| 1974 | 12 | — | #4,941 | — |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #8,125 | — |
| 1972 | 10 | — | #5,352 | — |
| 1971 | 14 | — | #4,256 | — |
| 1970 | 10 | — | #5,309 | — |
| 1969 | 21 | — | #2,986 | — |
| 1968 | 31 | — | #2,196 | — |
| 1967 | 26 | — | #2,416 | — |
| 1966 | 45 | — | #1,692 | — |
| 1965 | 26 | — | #2,392 | — |
| 1964 | 34 | — | #2,062 | — |
| 1963 | 41 | — | #1,833 | — |
| 1962 | 52 | — | #1,573 | — |
| 1961 | 70 | — | #1,339 | — |
| 1960 | 97 | — | #1,136 | #4,457 |
| 1959 | 83 | — | #1,213 | #4,421 |
| 1958 | 47 | — | #1,570 | — |
| 1957 | 23 | — | #2,401 | — |
| 1956 | 19 | — | #2,696 | — |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #2,528 | — |
| 1954 | 20 | — | #2,500 | — |
| 1953 | 17 | — | #2,672 | — |
| 1952 | 15 | — | #2,895 | — |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #3,932 | — |
| 1950 | 6 | — | #5,147 | — |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #5,110 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #5,118 | — |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #4,257 | — |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #3,934 | — |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #3,440 | — |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #4,720 | — |