Pearline
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 171 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,262since 1889
Pearline over time
Rank among girls' names. Pearline has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 |
| 1966 | #2,022 | 33 |
| 1965 | #1,887 | 37 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 |
| 1963 | #1,478 | 57 |
| 1962 | #1,917 | 36 |
| 1961 | #1,697 | 45 |
| 1960 | #1,655 | 46 |
| 1959 | #1,567 | 48 |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 |
| 1957 | #1,398 | 57 |
| 1956 | #1,114 | 86 |
| 1955 | #1,130 | 78 |
| 1954 | #1,076 | 83 |
| 1953 | #1,082 | 79 |
| 1952 | #1,059 | 79 |
| 1951 | #1,068 | 75 |
| 1950 | #1,001 | 83 |
| 1949 | #785 | 121 |
| 1948 | #871 | 100 |
| 1947 | #915 | 94 |
| 1946 | #825 | 101 |
| 1945 | #772 | 94 |
| 1944 | #718 | 110 |
| 1943 | #725 | 113 |
| 1942 | #748 | 102 |
| 1941 | #673 | 110 |
| 1940 | #635 | 123 |
| 1939 | #661 | 106 |
| 1938 | #578 | 141 |
| 1937 | #609 | 122 |
| 1936 | #543 | 145 |
| 1935 | #507 | 158 |
| 1934 | #544 | 139 |
| 1933 | #485 | 171 |
| 1932 | #537 | 146 |
| 1931 | #543 | 148 |
| 1930 | #580 | 139 |
| 1929 | #560 | 149 |
| 1928 | #583 | 146 |
| 1927 | #514 | 187 |
| 1926 | #538 | 168 |
| 1925 | #533 | 178 |
| 1924 | #592 | 156 |
| 1923 | #636 | 133 |
| 1922 | #609 | 142 |
| 1921 | #619 | 140 |
| 1920 | #613 | 135 |
| 1919 | #637 | 118 |
| 1918 | #718 | 101 |
| 1917 | #653 | 109 |
| 1916 | #679 | 101 |
| 1915 | #767 | 74 |
| 1914 | #608 | 88 |
| 1913 | #795 | 44 |
| 1912 | #846 | 35 |
| 1911 | #714 | 37 |
| 1910 | #644 | 43 |
| 1909 | #608 | 41 |
| 1908 | #678 | 32 |
| 1907 | #775 | 23 |
| 1906 | #765 | 23 |
| 1905 | #900 | 17 |
| 1904 | #629 | 30 |
| 1903 | #896 | 15 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Pearline! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1890, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Pearline is popular in 1939
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#236 · 1 in 1,410
- Mississippi#239 · 1 in 1,296
- Arkansas#254 · 1 in 1,400
- Georgia#333 · 1 in 2,828
- Alabama#334 · 1 in 2,834
Best ever in a state: #166 in South Carolina, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #236 | 15 | 1 in 1,410 |
| Mississippi | #239 | 17 | 1 in 1,296 |
| Arkansas | #254 | 13 | 1 in 1,400 |
| Georgia | #333 | 11 | 1 in 2,828 |
| Alabama | #334 | 10 | 1 in 2,834 |
| North Carolina | #400 | 8 | 1 in 4,606 |
| Louisiana | #474 | 5 | 1 in 4,519 |
| New York | #701 | 5 | 1 in 17,038 |
| Texas | #733 | 7 | 1 in 8,142 |
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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 Pearline
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 424 spots in 1903 (#1,320 → #896)
- Biggest drop: 271 spots in 1905 (#629 → #900)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1933 at #485 (171 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1903–1949
- Highest: 1 in 5,894 girls born in 1933 were named Pearline (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,404 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 24.5% of all girls named Pearline (1,534) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,279 (1889) | #1,279 |
| 1890s | 50 | #1,099 (1899) | #1,270 |
| 1900s | 202 | #608 (1909) | #847 |
| 1910s | 750 | #608 (1914) | #706 |
| 1920s | 1,534 | #514 (1927) | #580 |
| 1930s | 1,415 | #485 (1933) | #559 |
| 1940s | 1,068 | #635 (1940) | #767 |
| 1950s | 711 | #1,001 (1950) | #1,213 |
| 1960s | 334 | #1,478 (1963) | #2,244 |
| 1970s | 110 | #2,450 (1970) | #6,442 |
| 1980s | 58 | #5,148 (1983) | #8,151 |
| 1990s | 20 | #9,581 (1996) | #11,371 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,215 (2016) | #16,215 |
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.
Pearline in 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 10,345 of them was named Pearline, which outranked 86.6% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).