Pearlean
- Last seen for girls in 1966 at #6,564
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,066since 1907
Pearlean over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Pearlean has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 |
| 1949 | #1,736 | 30 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 37 |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 |
| 1937 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1935 | #1,219 | 34 |
| 1934 | #1,221 | 34 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,346 | 30 |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,274 | 35 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
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First appearance
1907
The first year at least five girls were named Pearlean! It came in at #2,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1965–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Pearlean is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Pearlean in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1966
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1939 at #1,194 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 2 yrs 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 29,638
- Highest: 1 in 29,638 girls born in 1939 were named Pearlean (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 338,435 girls born in 1966 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
- 27.8% of all girls named Pearlean (296) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1900s | 20 | #1,471 (1909) | #1,798 |
| 1910s | 123 | #1,604 (1919) | #2,130 |
| 1920s | 211 | #1,575 (1922) | #1,918 |
| 1930s | 296 | #1,194 (1939) | #1,378 |
| 1940s | 217 | #1,678 (1946) | #1,926 |
| 1950s | 155 | #1,921 (1951) | #3,277 |
| 1960s | 44 | #4,239 (1961) | #5,291 |
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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