Pearley

Last seen for girls in 1958 at #6,103 · Last seen for boys in 1947 at #3,733
Given to girls 79.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1885 · 6 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
673
since 1885

Pearley over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #921, 1885peak #754, 1882girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1958#6,1035
1957#4,9187
1956#3,91010
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1954#3,9679
1953#3,48011
1952#3,7969
1951#3,48210
1950#5,3015
1949#2,99912
1948#3,13711
1947#3,44810#3,7335
1946#3,4309
1945#2,23715
1944#3,6877
1943#2,86111
1942#2,41614
1941#2,01817#3,5055
1940#1,63523
1939#2,73610
1938#2,44712
1937#1,91417
1936#3,1038#2,8547
1935#1,84518#2,7198
1934#2,74110#3,2776
1933#2,8689#3,6425
1932#2,03716
1931#3,2268
1930#3,6587#2,7819
1929#2,43713#3,2477
1928#2,09417#4,1515
1927#2,09518#4,2105
1926#1,77223#3,1398
1925#1,94620#3,7416
1924#2,06219#3,2608
1923#2,58713#3,8226
1922#2,95811#3,2528
1921#2,76212#3,2148
1920#2,35715#3,4897
1919#2,38414#3,3917
1918#2,10217#3,0968
1917#2,87910#3,9815
1916#2,83310#3,1777
1915#2,05015#2,31011
1914#3,1886
1913#2,03410#2,8215
1912#1,42115
1911#2,4635
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1909#2,2085
1908#1,5478
1907#1,6397
1906#1,7276
1905#1,2989
1904#1,6596
1903#1,5926
1902
1901#1,6795
1900#1,3199
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1896#1,4166#1,1015
1895#1,2997
1894
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1892#1,0179
1891
1890#1,2106
1889#1,2795#9745
1888
1887
1886#9595
1885#9216
1884
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1882#7547
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Pearley! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Pearley
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1958
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1885 at #921 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 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 · 1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,176
  • Highest: 1 in 22,176 girls born in 1885 were named Pearley (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 402,324 girls born in 1958 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.9% of all girls named Pearley (161) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1931
  • Mostly boys until 1930, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#921 (1885)#1,100
1890s28#1,017 (1892)#1,236
1900s61#1,298 (1905)#1,630
1910s102#1,421 (1912)#2,373
1920s161#1,772 (1926)#2,307
1930s115#1,845 (1935)#2,658
1940s129#1,635 (1940)#2,787
1950s66#3,480 (1953)#4,370

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.

Pearley in 1882

boys
#754
7 births · 1 in 16,241 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #754Pearley7
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 16,241 of them was named Pearley, which outranked 31.4% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pearley
  1. #691Willam8
  2. #691Willian8
  3. #691Wylie8
  4. #754Pearley7
  5. #754Adolfo7
  6. #754Alanzo7
  7. #754Albion7
  8. #837Addie6
  9. #837Alan6
  10. #837Alberto6

Tied with 82 names at #754; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 467Clarance#866#399
  2. 429Webster#866#437
  3. 365Neil#781#416
  4. 352Cliff#866#514
  5. 352Elmore#866#514
Fallers
  1. 501Verne#442#943
  2. 483Newell#460#943
  3. 456Merritt#487#943
  4. 440Solon#503#943
  5. 395Almon#442#837

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882