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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

PerryIn Hebrew: פרי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Perry (Hebrew: פרי) is a unisex name of international origin. 612 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1973, with 19 babies.

People in Israel
612
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1973
19 babies
USA, 2025
83
rank #2,214

Writing and saying Perry

In Hebrew letters the name is פרי, read right to left. Perry is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Perry by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Perry: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Perry in English-speaking countries

Perry in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202583#2,2142023 (123)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Perry has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Perry

How do you write Perry in Hebrew?

Perry is written פרי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Perry?

612 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name פרי: 343 women and 269 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Perry a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 56% of the people named פרי are women and 44% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Perry used outside Israel?

The name Perry appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 83 girls were given it in 2025 (#2,214), per the Social Security Administration.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.