Pearly
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #12,243 · Last seen for boys in 1962 at #4,033
Given to girls 89.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,689since 1884
Pearly over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
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| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | — | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,002 | 23 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,508 | 34 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,387 | 34 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,166 | 41 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,149 | 40 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #1,116 | 41 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #1,150 | 38 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #1,098 | 41 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #1,364 | 28 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,147 | 39 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #1,403 | 30 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 37 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #1,456 | 31 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #1,279 | 37 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #1,136 | 46 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #1,069 | 53 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #1,309 | 36 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #1,276 | 37 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #1,439 | 31 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #1,497 | 28 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Pearly! It came in at #793, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Pearly
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 172 spots in 1904 (#1,137 → #965)
- Biggest drop: 966 spots in 1905 (#965 → #1,931)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #793 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1884–1904
- Highest: 1 in 16,127 girls born in 1884 were named Pearly (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 234,304 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 21.7% of all girls named Pearly (366) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | #793 (1884) | #992 |
| 1890s | 60 | #982 (1897) | #1,296 |
| 1900s | 93 | #965 (1904) | #1,262 |
| 1910s | 199 | #1,110 (1910) | #1,513 |
| 1920s | 366 | #1,069 (1924) | #1,320 |
| 1930s | 336 | #1,098 (1934) | #1,281 |
| 1940s | 318 | #1,166 (1941) | #1,524 |
| 1950s | 197 | #1,805 (1951) | #2,565 |
| 1960s | 55 | #3,688 (1960) | #5,382 |
| 1970s | 7 | #6,666 (1973) | #6,666 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,392 (1980) | #10,392 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 21 | #11,969 (2013) | #12,825 |
| 2020s | 12 | #12,243 (2022) | #13,747 |
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.
Pearly in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 26,465 of them was named Pearly, which outranked 80.3% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,119Michelina47
- #1,119Noma47
- #1,119Ozella47
- #1,136Pearly46
- #1,136Ardys46
- #1,136Aretha46
- #1,136Bettylou46
- #1,150Antionette45
- #1,150Becky45
- #1,150Cleda45
Tied with 13 names at #1,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 185,987 of them was named Pearly, which outranked 23.1% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,408Yancy7
- #3,408Yoshinobu7
- #3,408Zach7
- #3,741Pearly6
- #3,741Abell6
- #3,741Adley6
- #3,741Agostino6
- #4,197Abbie5
- #4,197Achilles5
- #4,197Acil5
Tied with 455 names at #3,741; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.