Perl

Where Perl comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Perl.

Perl through the years
  1. 1875
    Perl D. Decker born
    American politician
  2. 1929
    First appearance
    #4,570 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1967
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 2023
    Peak, #4,114
    35 babies named Perl, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Perl D. Decker · American politician, 1875–1934

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.