Perle

Last seen for girls in 1935 at #3,742 · Last seen for boys in 1945 at #3,338
Given to girls 73.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1889 · 7 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
243
since 1886

Perle over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,025, 1889peak #936, 1885girlsboys
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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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1945#3,3385
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1935#3,7426
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1930#4,0476
1929#4,0536
1928
1927#4,2866
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1923#3,12510#4,2395
1922#2,61213#3,8726
1921#2,94111#2,80410
1920#3,3409#3,2088
1919#2,81311#2,38512
1918#3,8697#2,69910
1917#2,69311
1916#2,36813#3,1777
1915#3,4347#3,0827
1914#3,1886
1913#2,5407#2,8215
1912#1,71911
1911#2,4635
1910#2,1406
1909#2,2085
1908#1,8626
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1905
1904#1,8775
1903
1902#1,07511
1901#1,3397
1900#1,5617
1899
1898
1897#1,5555
1896#1,1229#9826
1895
1894
1893#1,4375
1892#1,4505
1891#1,3325
1890
1889#1,0257
1888#1,2765
1887#1,1475
1886#1,1085
1885#9365
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Perle! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Perle
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1935
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1889 at #1,025 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 24,007
  • Highest: 1 in 24,007 girls born in 1902 were named Perle (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 174,763 girls born in 1935 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,025 in 1889, was only 1 in 25,481 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 34.6% of all girls named Perle (84) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1945
  • Mostly girls until 1944, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s22#1,025 (1889)#1,139
1890s29#1,122 (1896)#1,379
1900s41#1,075 (1902)#1,654
1910s84#1,719 (1912)#2,723
1920s55#2,612 (1922)#3,393
1930s12#3,742 (1935)#3,895

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.

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