Percy

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

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 1948 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1970 with 14 babies (rank #550 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining 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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

248
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
14
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19481#20
19541#109
19551#827
19573#727
19583#751
19593#763
19603#786
19618#594
19625#697
19635#699
19648#607
19654#775
19664#807
19679#608
19686#716
196911#606
197014#550
197112#585
19724#867
19734#845
19747#716
19754#886
19764#882
19779#642
19782#1,107
19792#1,123
19804#922
19814#936
19823#1,009
19833#1,013
19847#751
19853#1,034
19863#1,035
19876#823
19886#826
19897#813
19907#823
19915#948
19924#1,036
19937#842
19945#974
19955#966
19966#905
19972#1,350
19982#1,364
19991#1,582
20001#1,569
20011#1,574
20023#1,215
20033#1,216
20051#1,525
20061#1,526
20071#1,508
20081#1,492
20091#1,466
20103#1,130
20113#1,060
20131#1,363
20151#267