Percy
Boy namePercy has been given to 32,840 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1921.
Meaning & origin /ˈpɜːsi/
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Origin: surnames, a {{lg
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
32,840
Peak year
1921 (618 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +183%
Gender split
2% girls / 98% boys
Famous people named Percy
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
Percy Williams Bridgman
American physicist
Percy Sledge
American singer (1941–2015)
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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