Perle
- Last seen for girls in 1935 at #3,742
- Last seen for boys in 1945 at #3,338
- Given to girls 73.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1889 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 243since 1886
Perle 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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| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
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| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
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| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
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| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
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| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
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| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
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| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
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| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | #982 | 6 |
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| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
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| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1886
The first year at least five girls were named Perle! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Perle is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Perle in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Perle
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1935
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1889 at #1,025 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
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 24,007
- Highest: 1 in 24,007 girls born in 1902 were named Perle (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 174,763 girls born in 1935 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,025 in 1889, was only 1 in 25,481 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 34.6% of all girls named Perle (84) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1945
- Mostly girls until 1944, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 22 | #1,025 (1889) | #1,139 |
| 1890s | 29 | #1,122 (1896) | #1,379 |
| 1900s | 41 | #1,075 (1902) | #1,654 |
| 1910s | 84 | #1,719 (1912) | #2,723 |
| 1920s | 55 | #2,612 (1922) | #3,393 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,742 (1935) | #3,895 |
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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