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 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 32,038 of them was named Pearly, which outranked 77.3% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,262Vella38
- #1,262Verdell38
- #1,262Zada38
- #1,279Pearly37
- #1,279Allison37
- #1,279Arnetta37
- #1,279Audie37
- #1,303Aldona36
- #1,303Antionette36
- #1,303Astrid36
Tied with 23 names at #1,279; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 111,051 of them was named Pearly, which outranked 43.7% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,566Ysabel11
- #2,566Ysidro11
- #2,566Zollie11
- #2,725Pearly10
- #2,725Abran10
- #2,725Agustus10
- #2,725Aloysuis10
- #2,904Abbie9
- #2,904Abie9
- #2,904Abron9
Tied with 178 names at #2,725; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.