Pearlene
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #6,948
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 64 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,958since 1906
Pearlene over time
Rank among girls' names. Pearlene has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
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| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
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| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 |
| 1957 | #2,028 | 29 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 |
| 1955 | #1,641 | 39 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 |
| 1953 | #1,549 | 40 |
| 1952 | #1,316 | 53 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 |
| 1950 | #1,396 | 43 |
| 1949 | #1,376 | 45 |
| 1948 | #1,250 | 53 |
| 1947 | #1,170 | 59 |
| 1946 | #1,376 | 40 |
| 1945 | #1,402 | 33 |
| 1944 | #1,029 | 58 |
| 1943 | #1,181 | 47 |
| 1942 | #1,024 | 58 |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 |
| 1940 | #1,035 | 48 |
| 1939 | #898 | 61 |
| 1938 | #875 | 64 |
| 1937 | #1,002 | 49 |
| 1936 | #1,150 | 38 |
| 1935 | #904 | 58 |
| 1934 | #875 | 60 |
| 1933 | #1,197 | 35 |
| 1932 | #1,056 | 45 |
| 1931 | #1,028 | 46 |
| 1930 | #1,161 | 41 |
| 1929 | #1,159 | 41 |
| 1928 | #1,223 | 39 |
| 1927 | #1,233 | 40 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 |
| 1924 | #1,382 | 35 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 |
| 1921 | #1,577 | 28 |
| 1920 | #1,708 | 24 |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,277 | 35 |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 |
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| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Pearlene! It came in at #1,951, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Pearlene is popular in 1935
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#342 · 1 in 2,758
- North Carolina#352 · 1 in 3,658
- Arkansas#358 · 1 in 2,707
- Texas#799 · 1 in 9,459
Best ever in a state: #281 in Arkansas, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #342 | 8 | 1 in 2,758 |
| North Carolina | #352 | 10 | 1 in 3,658 |
| Arkansas | #358 | 7 | 1 in 2,707 |
| Texas | #799 | 6 | 1 in 9,459 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Pearlene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1978
- Biggest jump: 322 spots in 1934 (#1,197 → #875)
- Biggest drop: 246 spots in 1936 (#904 → #1,150)
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1938 at #875 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1934–1935
- Highest: 1 in 17,242 girls born in 1938 were named Pearlene (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 191,482 girls born in 1978 (0.00%)
- 25.4% of all girls named Pearlene (497) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #1,951 (1906) | #2,006 |
| 1910s | 168 | #1,267 (1910) | #1,738 |
| 1920s | 331 | #1,159 (1929) | #1,414 |
| 1930s | 497 | #875 (1938) | #1,015 |
| 1940s | 481 | #1,024 (1942) | #1,203 |
| 1950s | 349 | #1,316 (1952) | #1,795 |
| 1960s | 105 | #3,095 (1960) | #3,695 |
| 1970s | 17 | #5,413 (1970) | #6,181 |
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.
Pearlene in 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 18,079 of them was named Pearlene, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #896Paul59
- #896Shirleyann59
- #896Twyla59
- #904Pearlene58
- #904Cathrine58
- #904Eloisa58
- #904Freeda58
- #912Annabell57
- #912Armida57
- #912Doloris57
Tied with 7 names at #904; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.