Perseus Popularity by Year
Follow Perseus across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Perseus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 168 | #1,204 | Up 71 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 154 | #1,275 | Up 190 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 123 | #1,465 | Down 51 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 130 | #1,414 | Up 10 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 128 | #1,424 | Up 94 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 110 | #1,518 | Up 64 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 105 | #1,582 | Up 105 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 93 | #1,687 | Up 658 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 55 | #2,345 | Down 200 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 64 | #2,145 | Up 312 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 7 | #12,876 | Up 3,993 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 51 | #2,457 | Up 125 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 47 | #2,582 | Down 400 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 60 | #2,182 | Up 820 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 38 | #3,002 | Up 432 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 5 | #16,869 | Down 105 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 31 | #3,434 | Up 1,817 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 5 | #16,764 | Up 228 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 17 | #5,251 | Up 7,302 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 5 | #16,992 | Up 302 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 5 | #17,294 | Up 342 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 5 | #12,553 | Down 4,648 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 5 | #17,636 | — |
| 1989 | Boys | 5 | #7,905 | Down 2,421 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 6 | #5,484 | — |