How popular is the baby name Peregrina in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Peregrina.

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Popularity of the baby name Peregrina


Posts that mention the name Peregrina

Interesting one-hit wonder names in the U.S. baby name data

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They came, they went, and they never came back!

These baby names are one-hit wonders in the U.S. baby name data. That is, they’ve only popped up once, ever, in the entire dataset of U.S. baby names (which accounts for all names given to at least 5 U.S. babies per year since 1880).

There are thousands of one-hit wonders in the dataset, but the names below have interesting stories behind their single appearance, so these are the one-hits I’m writing specific posts about. Just click on a name to read more.

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As I discover (and write about) more one-hit wonders in the data, I’ll add the names/links to this page. In the meanwhile, do you have any favorite one-hit wonder baby names?

Image: Adapted from Solitary Poppy by Andy Beecroft under CC BY-SA 2.0.

[Latest update: Dec. 2023]

Will the name Peregrine get a boost in 2016?

Miss Peregrine

The movie Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children came out in late September. It’s a dark fantasy based on the best-selling 2011 novel of the same name.

I haven’t seen the movie, but the usage of “Miss Peregrine” in the title has me wondering whether we’ll see a corresponding uptick in the usage of Peregrine-the-girl-name in 2016.

Peregrine is traditionally a male name, of course, but it has started seeing regular usage as a girl name recently. In fact, in 2012 and 2014 it was bestowed more often upon baby girls:

  • 2015: 15 baby boys, 8 baby girls named Peregrine
  • 2014: 6 baby boys, 7 baby girls named Peregrine
  • 2013: 6 baby boys, (0-4) baby girls named Peregrine
  • 2012: 6 baby boys, 7 baby girls named Peregrine
  • 2011: 9 baby boys, 5 baby girls named Peregrine [debut]
  • 2010: 12 baby boys, (0-4) baby girls named Peregrine

The character Miss Peregrine — actually “Miss Alma LeFay Peregrine,” played by actress Eva Green — could easily tip the scale back to to majority-female in 2016.

What do you think of the name Peregrine? Do you think it works better as a boy name or as a girl name?

P.S. A more explicitly feminine form of the name is Peregrina, which was a one-hit wonder on the charts in 2006 thanks to the Mexican telenovela Peregrina.

Sources: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (film) – Wikipedia, Peregrina – IMDb, SSA