Perkins Popularity by Year
Follow Perkins across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Perkins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Boys | 5 | #10,349 | Down 6,405 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 5 | #3,944 | Down 848 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 7 | #3,096 | Up 429 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 5 | #3,525 | Up 13 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 5 | #3,538 | Up 54 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 6 | #3,592 | Up 367 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 5 | #3,959 | Up 192 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 5 | #4,151 | Up 46 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 5 | #4,197 | Down 937 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 8 | #3,260 | Down 456 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 10 | #2,804 | Up 1,482 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 5 | #4,286 | Down 1,330 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 8 | #2,956 | — |