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
- Peak · girls
- 1889 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 243since 1886
Perle 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
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| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
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| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
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| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
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| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
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| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
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| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
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| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
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| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | #982 | 6 |
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| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
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| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1935
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1889 at #1,025 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 34.6% of all girls named Perle (84) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1944, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 22 | #1,025 (1889) | #1,139 |
| 1890s | 29 | #1,122 (1896) | #1,379 |
| 1900s | 41 | #1,075 (1902) | #1,654 |
| 1910s | 84 | #1,719 (1912) | #2,723 |
| 1920s | 55 | #2,612 (1922) | #3,393 |
| 1930s | 12 | #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.
Perle in 1896
Top girls' names in 1896
Top boys' names in 1896
More about 1896
girls
237,918 girls got a published name in 1896; 1 in 26,435 of them was named Perle, which outranked 38.5% of the 1,825 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,047Vennie10
- #1,047Veta10
- #1,047Vlasta10
- #1,122Perle9
- #1,122Adelle9
- #1,122Aldea9
- #1,122Allean9
- #1,213Alena8
- #1,213Alvie8
- #1,213Annamae8
Tied with 90 names at #1,122; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 19,928 of them was named Perle, which outranked 22.4% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).