Per Popularity by Year
Follow Per across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Per birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Boys | 5 | #12,022 | Up 265 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 5 | #12,287 | Down 232 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 5 | #12,055 | Down 2,107 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 6 | #9,948 | Down 556 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 6 | #9,392 | Down 2,457 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 9 | #6,935 | Up 2,696 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 5 | #9,631 | Down 3,013 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 8 | #6,618 | Up 1,817 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 5 | #8,435 | Down 1,164 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 6 | #7,271 | Down 93 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 6 | #7,178 | Down 2,392 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 9 | #4,786 | Up 182 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 8 | #4,968 | Down 838 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 10 | #4,130 | Up 2,393 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 5 | #6,523 | Down 1,550 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 7 | #4,973 | Down 832 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 9 | #4,141 | Up 2,244 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 5 | #6,385 | Down 1,890 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 8 | #4,495 | Up 860 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 6 | #5,355 | Down 801 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 7 | #4,554 | Up 569 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 6 | #5,123 | Up 464 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 5 | #5,587 | Down 123 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 5 | #5,464 | Down 2,518 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 12 | #2,946 | Up 2,155 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 5 | #5,101 | Down 1,479 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 8 | #3,622 | Down 809 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 12 | #2,813 | Up 708 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 8 | #3,521 | Down 839 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 11 | #2,682 | Down 482 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 14 | #2,200 | Up 785 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 8 | #2,985 | Down 853 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 14 | #2,132 | Up 850 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 8 | #2,982 | Down 777 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 14 | #2,205 | Down 5 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 14 | #2,200 | Up 79 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 13 | #2,279 | Up 427 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 10 | #2,706 | Up 1,332 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 5 | #4,038 | Down 1,508 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 11 | #2,530 | Down 265 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 13 | #2,265 | Up 557 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 9 | #2,822 | Up 630 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 6 | #3,452 | Down 309 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 7 | #3,143 | Up 391 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 5 | #3,534 | Up 288 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 6 | #3,822 | — |