Perl
- #4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births
- Last seen for boys in 1931 at #3,763
- Given to girls 87.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 616since 1929
Perl over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #4,352 | 32 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,300 | 24 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,114 | 35 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,671 | 29 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,315 | 24 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | — | |
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| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
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| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
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| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
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| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
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| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
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| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1929
The first year at least five girls were named Perl! It came in at #4,570, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1929–1976, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Perl is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Perl in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Perl
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,315 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #4,352)
Rise & fade · girls
94 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 2023 at #4,114 (35 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
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 45,845
- Highest: 1 in 45,845 girls born in 2023 were named Perl (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 35.1% of all girls named Perl (216) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1967
- Mostly boys until 1966, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,570 (1929) | #4,570 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,804 (1967) | #6,804 |
| 1970s | 11 | #8,444 (1977) | #9,097 |
| 1980s | 23 | #9,144 (1984) | #10,031 |
| 1990s | 50 | #7,512 (1992) | #9,903 |
| 2000s | 140 | #5,969 (2004) | #8,344 |
| 2010s | 216 | #4,345 (2016) | #6,174 |
| 2020s | 166 | #4,114 (2023) | #4,866 |
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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