Percy

Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys

Meaning

The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, and derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy.

From Wikipedia

Percy first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 603 babies (rank #220 that year). In 2024 it was given to 157 boys (rank #1,257). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Percy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Percy yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4Destiny numberThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

32,678

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

603

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Perseus 'Percy' Jackson — son of Poseidon

Famous people named Percy

Percy Bysshe Shelleylinguist · b. 1792
Percy Lizaassociation football player · b. 2000
Percy Williams Bridgmanuniversity teacher · b. 1882
Percy Sledgesinger · b. 1941
Percy Fawcettexplorer · b. 1867

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	94	#144
1881	95	#126
1882	126	#116
1883	87	#151
1884	126	#114
1885	98	#137
1886	122	#119
1887	123	#110
1888	151	#111
1889	144	#110
1890	140	#113
1891	131	#111
1892	149	#117
1893	177	#100
1894	173	#104
1895	164	#109
1896	157	#117
1897	183	#98
1898	155	#119
1899	142	#118
1900	201	#114
1901	120	#138
1902	167	#114
1903	124	#151
1904	125	#153
1905	169	#129
1906	141	#147
1907	160	#146
1908	151	#158
1909	159	#158
1910	195	#160
1911	184	#173
1912	337	#174
1913	356	#189
1914	449	#190
1915	488	#214
1916	524	#211
1917	515	#217
1918	567	#219
1919	595	#209
1920	601	#216
1921	603	#220
1922	599	#224
1923	540	#242
1924	560	#242
1925	544	#241
1926	493	#252
1927	519	#249
1928	483	#255
1929	497	#250
1930	429	#274
1931	415	#270
1932	430	#262
1933	399	#265
1934	377	#276
1935	385	#277
1936	360	#284
1937	356	#287
1938	349	#293
1939	360	#291
1940	328	#311
1941	339	#317
1942	381	#314
1943	393	#314
1944	350	#320
1945	343	#322
1946	343	#352
1947	412	#337
1948	411	#331
1949	397	#337
1950	411	#333
1951	424	#332
1952	443	#331
1953	376	#357
1954	363	#370
1955	309	#418
1956	319	#423
1957	348	#418
1958	280	#476
1959	264	#482
1960	270	#482
1961	246	#508
1962	250	#503
1963	235	#521
1964	208	#547
1965	193	#552
1966	195	#549
1967	178	#562
1968	181	#565
1969	202	#554
1970	175	#614
1971	187	#611
1972	177	#601
1973	169	#612
1974	147	#673
1975	143	#697
1976	138	#715
1977	137	#730
1978	146	#694
1979	119	#798
1980	124	#788
1981	130	#768
1982	114	#832
1983	105	#857
1984	98	#883
1985	97	#924
1986	91	#963
1987	73	#1,128
1988	107	#927
1989	98	#1,054
1990	102	#1,051
1991	88	#1,188
1992	95	#1,133
1993	71	#1,377
1994	75	#1,350
1995	65	#1,487
1996	61	#1,609
1997	62	#1,642
1998	61	#1,694
1999	56	#1,797
2000	52	#1,990
2001	59	#1,887
2002	46	#2,284
2003	47	#2,301
2004	60	#2,017
2005	45	#2,520
2006	51	#2,438
2007	57	#2,296
2008	37	#3,151
2009	38	#3,092
2010	41	#2,906
2011	39	#2,983
2012	60	#2,201
2013	61	#2,175
2014	70	#2,037
2015	58	#2,291
2016	47	#2,652
2017	73	#1,969
2018	63	#2,205
2019	45	#2,793
2020	69	#2,058
2021	87	#1,812
2022	112	#1,583
2023	112	#1,562
2024	157	#1,257