Perfect
The Story of Perfect
As a girl name
Perfect first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2007, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2020: 8 births, good for #11,085 nationwide. About 84% of every Perfect on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Perfect last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 31 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Perfect on the record books as a boy name in 2018, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2020, when 7 Perfects were born — ranking #9,549 that year. About 58% of every Perfect on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Perfect last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Perfect
Perfect is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 31 births in the dataset. Perfect's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #11,085. Use the chart and map above to compare Perfect's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.