Perla
- #1,587 for girls in 2025, 132 births
- Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
- Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2003 · 1,109 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,806since 1918
Perla over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Perla has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #1,587 | 132 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,305 | 176 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,179 | 203 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,163 | 208 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,207 | 198 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,011 | 249 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,069 | 236 | — | |
| 2018 | #924 | 289 | — | |
| 2017 | #794 | 345 | — | |
| 2016 | #704 | 407 | — | |
| 2015 | #648 | 443 | — | |
| 2014 | #646 | 441 | — | |
| 2013 | #674 | 423 | — | |
| 2012 | #452 | 690 | — | |
| 2011 | #644 | 444 | — | |
| 2010 | #607 | 485 | — | |
| 2009 | #523 | 581 | — | |
| 2008 | #479 | 662 | — | |
| 2007 | #406 | 803 | — | |
| 2006 | #385 | 843 | — | |
| 2005 | #365 | 865 | — | |
| 2004 | #361 | 878 | — | |
| 2003 | #282 | 1,109 | — | |
| 2002 | #413 | 701 | — | |
| 2001 | #509 | 533 | — | |
| 2000 | #517 | 510 | — | |
| 1999 | #536 | 472 | — | |
| 1998 | #487 | 522 | — | |
| 1997 | #507 | 480 | — | |
| 1996 | #493 | 485 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #490 | 502 | — | |
| 1994 | #517 | 482 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #513 | 478 | — | |
| 1992 | #569 | 409 | — | |
| 1991 | #578 | 400 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #628 | 356 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #735 | 267 | — | |
| 1988 | #819 | 222 | — | |
| 1987 | #810 | 216 | — | |
| 1986 | #763 | 227 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #806 | 204 | — | |
| 1984 | #766 | 210 | — | |
| 1983 | #905 | 166 | — | |
| 1982 | #942 | 158 | — | |
| 1981 | #948 | 155 | — | |
| 1980 | #909 | 166 | — | |
| 1979 | #989 | 144 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,169 | 108 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,345 | 84 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,273 | 87 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,381 | 76 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,438 | 70 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,496 | 63 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,448 | 67 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,937 | 44 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,855 | 41 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,246 | 29 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
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| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
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| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
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| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
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| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
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| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
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| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1918
The first year at least five girls were named Perla! It came in at #3,869, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Perla is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Texas#878 · 1 in 4,865
- Virginia#1,037 · 1 in 5,624
- California#1,053 · 1 in 6,469
- Florida#1,243 · 1 in 7,887
- New York#1,830 · 1 in 13,055
Best ever in a state: #131 in Texas, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #878 | 33 | 1 in 4,865 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| California | #1,053 | 25 | 1 in 6,469 |
| Florida | #1,243 | 11 | 1 in 7,887 |
| New York | #1,830 | 6 | 1 in 13,055 |
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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 Perla
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 576 spots since 2020 (#1,011 → #1,587)
- Biggest jump: 192 spots in 2012
- Biggest drop: 222 spots in 2013
Rise & fade · girls
85 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 2003 at #282 (1,109 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 40 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1979–2018
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,648
- Highest: 1 in 1,648 girls born in 2003 were named Perla (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,176 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 36.0% of all girls named Perla (7,485) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,869 (1918) | #3,869 |
| 1920s | 49 | #3,564 (1926) | #4,335 |
| 1930s | 51 | #2,579 (1938) | #3,524 |
| 1940s | 63 | #2,828 (1948) | #3,547 |
| 1950s | 150 | #2,236 (1953) | #3,061 |
| 1960s | 279 | #1,855 (1968) | #2,329 |
| 1970s | 776 | #989 (1979) | #1,478 |
| 1980s | 1,991 | #735 (1989) | #840 |
| 1990s | 4,586 | #487 (1998) | #532 |
| 2000s | 7,485 | #282 (2003) | #424 |
| 2010s | 4,203 | #452 (2012) | #716 |
| 2020s | 1,166 | #1,011 (2020) | #1,242 |
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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