Pernell
Last seen for girls in 1972 at #8,292 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 91.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 178 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,037since 1915
Pernell 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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,433 | 16 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,478 | 16 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,095 | 14 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,661 | 15 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,888 | 25 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,703 | 16 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,842 | 21 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,704 | 20 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,597 | 20 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,878 | 12 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,618 | 28 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,981 | 40 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,632 | 51 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,870 | 41 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,567 | 51 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,090 | 30 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,655 | 41 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,476 | 46 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,371 | 50 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,320 | 50 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,448 | 43 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,415 | 45 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,602 | 37 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,391 | 46 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,570 | 37 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,570 | 36 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,490 | 38 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,333 | 44 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,280 | 45 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,026 | 64 | |
| 1973 | — | #914 | 77 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,262 | 43 |
| 1971 | — | #1,441 | 35 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,238 | 45 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,198 | 43 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,034 | 51 | |
| 1967 | — | #943 | 59 | |
| 1966 | — | #794 | 84 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #624 | 148 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #592 | 178 |
| 1963 | — | #640 | 149 | |
| 1962 | — | #685 | 128 | |
| 1961 | — | #928 | 68 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,295 | 37 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,665 | 23 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,715 | 22 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,608 | 24 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,044 | 15 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,972 | 15 | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,501 | 24 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,884 | 15 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #3,392 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Pernell! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2021, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Pernell
- 4,075 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #10,695)
- 1,391 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1961 (#1,295 → #928)
- Biggest drop: 170 spots in 1966 (#624 → #794)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1964 at #592 (178 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1961–1967
- Highest: 1 in 11,195 boys born in 1964 were named Pernell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.1% of all boys named Pernell (945) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1942, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 48 | #2,165 (1918) | #2,745 |
| 1920s | 96 | #1,960 (1928) | #2,927 |
| 1930s | 118 | #1,741 (1938) | #2,206 |
| 1940s | 149 | #1,501 (1949) | #1,945 |
| 1950s | 176 | #1,572 (1950) | #1,925 |
| 1960s | 945 | #592 (1964) | #873 |
| 1970s | 464 | #914 (1973) | #1,312 |
| 1980s | 439 | #1,320 (1984) | #1,534 |
| 1990s | 292 | #1,632 (1991) | #2,869 |
| 2000s | 169 | #3,842 (2001) | #5,053 |
| 2010s | 111 | #5,433 (2011) | #7,478 |
| 2020s | 30 | #6,620 (2020) | #9,750 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Pernell in 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 378,971 of them was named Pernell, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,039 names at #6,767; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 11,195 of them was named Pernell, which outranked 87.1% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #589Eddy180
- #590Lorne179
- #590Mitchel179
- #592Pernell178
- #592Gustavo178
- #594Carmen177
- #594Rogelio177
- #594Xavier177
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.