Perley is a rare variant of Perla that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Perley is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1964. Perley was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1915 (30 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 9 | — | — | #3,004 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | — | #4,474 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | — | #3,894 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | — | #2,969 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | — | #3,451 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | — | #2,523 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | — | #3,306 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | — | #2,807 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | — | #2,180 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | — | #2,753 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | — | #2,415 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | — | #2,822 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | — | #2,654 |
| 1945 | 15 | — | #5,084 | #2,358 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | — | #2,803 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | — | #3,467 |
| 1942 | 16 | — | #4,516 | #2,489 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | — | #2,829 |
| 1940 | 26 | — | — | #1,326 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | — | #2,409 |
| 1938 | 20 | — | #4,843 | #1,879 |
| 1937 | 18 | — | — | #1,674 |
| 1936 | 10 | — | — | #2,413 |
| 1935 | 13 | — | — | #2,105 |
| 1934 | 9 | — | — | #2,702 |
| 1933 | 29 | — | #4,123 | #1,444 |
| 1932 | 21 | — | — | #1,575 |
| 1931 | 30 | — | — | #1,274 |
| 1930 | 26 | — | — | #1,457 |
| 1929 | 24 | — | — | #1,513 |
| 1928 | 21 | — | — | #1,689 |
| 1927 | 16 | — | — | #2,107 |
| 1926 | 21 | — | — | #1,703 |
| 1925 | 24 | — | — | #1,569 |
| 1924 | 29 | — | #5,720 | #1,618 |
| 1923 | 19 | — | — | #1,857 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | — | #1,628 |
| 1921 | 22 | — | — | #1,695 |
| 1920 | 26 | — | — | #1,492 |
| 1919 | 26 | — | — | #1,440 |
| 1918 | 18 | — | — | #1,885 |
| 1917 | 24 | — | — | #1,472 |
| 1916 | 22 | — | — | #1,539 |
| 1915 | 30 | — | — | #1,209 |
| 1914 | 22 | — | — | #1,296 |
| 1913 | 16 | — | — | #1,356 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | — | #1,600 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | — | #1,176 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | — | #1,634 |
| 1908 | 14 | — | — | #737 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | — | #1,355 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | — | #1,100 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | — | #1,271 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | — | #717 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | — | #1,277 |
| 1899 | 9 | — | — | #767 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | — | #1,262 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | — | #1,033 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | — | #958 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | — | #1,208 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,202 |
| 1893 | 11 | — | — | #641 |
| 1892 | 20 | — | — | #438 |
| 1891 | 9 | — | — | #686 |
| 1890 | 16 | — | #1,489 | #624 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | — | #1,078 |
| 1888 | 9 | — | — | #743 |
| 1887 | 12 | — | — | #537 |
| 1886 | 12 | — | — | #567 |
| 1885 | 12 | — | — | #571 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | — | #744 |
| 1883 | 8 | — | — | #710 |
| 1882 | 10 | — | — | #637 |
| 1881 | 24 | — | — | #341 |
| 1880 | 18 | — | — | #420 |