Pearley
- Last seen for girls in 1958 at #6,103
- Last seen for boys in 1947 at #3,733
- Given to girls 79.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 673since 1885
Pearley over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
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| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
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| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
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| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
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| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 | — | |
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| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | #974 | 5 |
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| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
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| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1885
The first year at least five girls were named Pearley! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Pearley is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Pearley in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Pearley
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1958
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1885 at #921 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,176
- Highest: 1 in 22,176 girls born in 1885 were named Pearley (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 402,324 girls born in 1958 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 23.9% of all girls named Pearley (161) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1931
- Mostly boys until 1930, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #921 (1885) | #1,100 |
| 1890s | 28 | #1,017 (1892) | #1,236 |
| 1900s | 61 | #1,298 (1905) | #1,630 |
| 1910s | 102 | #1,421 (1912) | #2,373 |
| 1920s | 161 | #1,772 (1926) | #2,307 |
| 1930s | 115 | #1,845 (1935) | #2,658 |
| 1940s | 129 | #1,635 (1940) | #2,787 |
| 1950s | 66 | #3,480 (1953) | #4,370 |
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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