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In 2024, 93 boys in the United States were named Percival, making it the 1,768th most popular boy's name that year.
It has climbed sharply, from 5,657th a decade earlier.
2024 is its busiest year on record.
Records for Percival go back to 1880, and 1,353 babies have been given the name since.
An Old French name possibly meaning "pierce the valley". Known from Arthurian legend as one of the Knights of the Round Table.
Percival is of French origin, described as literary and legendary in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for boys — 93 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
Names of the same origin for a sister, most common first.
An Old French name possibly meaning "pierce the valley". Known from Arthurian legend as one of the Knights of the Round Table.
Percival is of French origin, and is usually described as literary and legendary in style.
In 2024, 93 boys in the United States were named Percival, making it the 1,768th most popular boy's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for boys — 93 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Percy is a shorter name in current US use that share the opening of Percival.