Peri

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Peri: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Peri: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,392, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1392highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#1958
1998	#1392
1999	#1473
2000	#2746
2001	#2783
2002	#4137
2003	#3594
2005	#3382
2006	#5061
2007	#3667
2008	#5545
2010	#3156
2011	#4049
2012	#4171
2013	#3160
2014	#3514
2015	#2705
2016	#2757
2017	#3583
2018	#2187
2019	#2869
2020	#3447
2021	#3961
2022	#1767
2023	#2689
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1646 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1392 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Peri by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Peri in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	43	4 of 10	11
2000s	33	8 of 10	4
2010s	74	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	43	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Peri appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1392 in England and Wales in 1998.

Peri's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,392, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
15 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Salima · #1392, 25y
Sorrel · #1392, 27y
Ellora · #1393, 29y
Rollo · #1391, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Salima · #1392, 25y
Sorrel · #1392, 27y
Bracken · #1391, 17y
Ellora · #1393, 29y

Peri and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Peri without appearing here.

Peri moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #5730.
Karen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3961 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1767 and #4645.
Maren Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3961 and #3519 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1767 and #4645.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Peri

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #938.
Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2746 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #2105.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2746 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2783 and #1107.

Moved the opposite way to Peri

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Peri went from #1646 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Peri went from #1646 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Peri went from #1646 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Peri went from #1646 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Peri

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Peri went from #1646 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Peri went from #1646 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Peri went from #1646 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Peri went from #1646 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1392 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Peri

Peri at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Peri by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Peri appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Peri at a glance

Peri by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Peri appears in

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Peri and the names beside it

Peri moved ahead of

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