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How popular is the name Perpetua?
Births per year, rank history and how many Perpetuas are alive today.
Perpetua (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2017 (ranked 5765th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2009, when 3 babies were given the name, the 5556th most popular that year.
The Perpetua you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Perpetuas born in England and Wales are between 7 and 20, and there are at least 54 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Perpetua - on average, only one in every 5,834 such rooms contains a Perpetua.
How many babies are named Perpetua each year?
Where does Perpetua rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Perpetua most popular?
Perpetua peaked in 2009, when 3 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Perpetua?
At least 54 people named Perpetua born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Perpetua?
Most living Perpetuas are between 7 and 20; the most common age is about 8.
Is Perpetua becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.