Pearly
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #12,243 · Last seen for boys in 1962 at #4,033
Given to girls 89.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,689since 1884
Pearly 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
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| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | — | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,002 | 23 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,508 | 34 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,387 | 34 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,166 | 41 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,149 | 40 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #1,116 | 41 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #1,150 | 38 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #1,098 | 41 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #1,364 | 28 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,147 | 39 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #1,403 | 30 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 37 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #1,456 | 31 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #1,279 | 37 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #1,136 | 46 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #1,069 | 53 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #1,309 | 36 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #1,276 | 37 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #1,439 | 31 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #1,497 | 28 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Pearly! It came in at #793, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Pearly is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#369 · 1 in 2,883
- Louisiana#371 · 1 in 2,925
- South Carolina#390 · 1 in 3,993
Best ever in a state: #312 in Florida, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #369 | 6 | 1 in 2,883 |
| Louisiana | #371 | 7 | 1 in 2,925 |
| South Carolina | #390 | 5 | 1 in 3,993 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
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| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Pearly
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 172 spots in 1904 (#1,137 → #965)
- Biggest drop: 966 spots in 1905 (#965 → #1,931)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #793 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1884–1904
- Highest: 1 in 16,127 girls born in 1884 were named Pearly (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 234,304 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 21.7% of all girls named Pearly (366) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | #793 (1884) | #992 |
| 1890s | 60 | #982 (1897) | #1,296 |
| 1900s | 93 | #965 (1904) | #1,262 |
| 1910s | 199 | #1,110 (1910) | #1,513 |
| 1920s | 366 | #1,069 (1924) | #1,320 |
| 1930s | 336 | #1,098 (1934) | #1,281 |
| 1940s | 318 | #1,166 (1941) | #1,524 |
| 1950s | 197 | #1,805 (1951) | #2,565 |
| 1960s | 55 | #3,688 (1960) | #5,382 |
| 1970s | 7 | #6,666 (1973) | #6,666 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,392 (1980) | #10,392 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 21 | #11,969 (2013) | #12,825 |
| 2020s | 12 | #12,243 (2022) | #13,747 |
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.
Pearly in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 27,379 of them was named Pearly, which outranked 76.3% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,135Rosalia39
- #1,135Trinidad39
- #1,135Veola39
- #1,150Pearly38
- #1,150Almeta38
- #1,150Arvilla38
- #1,150Carolynn38
- #1,165Bettyann37
- #1,165Delaine37
- #1,165Earlie37
Tied with 14 names at #1,150; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.