Pearla
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 559since 1883
Pearla over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Pearla has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
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| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
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| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five girls were named Pearla! It came in at #817, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1903, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Pearla
Momentum · girls
Brand new
- 1,545 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #11,932)
- 3,924 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #817 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1883
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,720
- Highest: 1 in 18,720 girls born in 1883 were named Pearla (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 24.0% of all girls named Pearla (134) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #817 (1883) | #817 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 13 | #1,486 (1904) | #1,722 |
| 1910s | 6 | #4,083 (1917) | #4,083 |
| 1920s | 27 | #4,053 (1929) | #4,694 |
| 1930s | 29 | #3,450 (1938) | #3,923 |
| 1940s | 8 | #3,444 (1942) | #3,444 |
| 1950s | 28 | #4,161 (1956) | #4,806 |
| 1960s | 11 | #5,851 (1961) | #6,222 |
| 1970s | 27 | #5,751 (1979) | #8,284 |
| 1980s | 36 | #6,335 (1987) | #8,609 |
| 1990s | 100 | #6,360 (1998) | #8,680 |
| 2000s | 134 | #5,383 (2006) | #8,845 |
| 2010s | 98 | #8,008 (2015) | #10,941 |
| 2020s | 36 | #11,146 (2021) | #11,993 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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