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Baby name
Perry
Boy
Origin of the name
Perry was first an English surname, from a word meaning “pear tree.”
Classic name
76,044births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 132rank at its peak, in 1959
Where babies named Perry are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Perry is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Perry is most common in Mississippi (2.6 times), Louisiana (2.1) and South Carolina (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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