Masculine dossier · first seen 1880
Percy
Resurgent
Gaining cultural share
Peak era
1921
Peak births
603
Current vitality
Fragile
Peak generation
Greatest Generation
Quick answers about Percy
How many people are named Percy?
An estimated 10,181 living Americans are named Percy.
How rare is Percy?
Percy is uncommon among babies today, with 154 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 74.5% from its 1921 peak.
How old is the typical Percy?
The median age of a living American named Percy is approximately 58 years, with most bearers falling between 38 and 72 years old.
Is Percy still popular?
Yes — Percy is currently rising in popularity, with 154 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 1.8× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Percy most common?
Percy has its strongest geographic signal in Mississippi, where it appears 12.6× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19212025
Peak year
1921
Decline from peak
74.5%
2025
154
All-time
32,204
Where it lives now
Percy is most concentrated in Mississippi — about 10.7× the national rate in the 1960s.
States where Percy is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.