Pernell
Last seen for girls in 1972 at #8,292 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 91.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 178 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,037since 1915
Pernell 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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,433 | 16 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,478 | 16 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,095 | 14 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,661 | 15 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,888 | 25 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,703 | 16 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,842 | 21 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,704 | 20 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,597 | 20 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,878 | 12 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,618 | 28 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,981 | 40 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,632 | 51 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,870 | 41 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,567 | 51 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,090 | 30 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,655 | 41 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,476 | 46 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,371 | 50 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,320 | 50 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,448 | 43 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,415 | 45 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,602 | 37 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,391 | 46 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,570 | 37 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,570 | 36 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,490 | 38 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,333 | 44 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,280 | 45 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,026 | 64 | |
| 1973 | — | #914 | 77 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,262 | 43 |
| 1971 | — | #1,441 | 35 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,238 | 45 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,198 | 43 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,034 | 51 | |
| 1967 | — | #943 | 59 | |
| 1966 | — | #794 | 84 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #624 | 148 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #592 | 178 |
| 1963 | — | #640 | 149 | |
| 1962 | — | #685 | 128 | |
| 1961 | — | #928 | 68 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,295 | 37 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,665 | 23 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,715 | 22 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,608 | 24 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,044 | 15 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,972 | 15 | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,501 | 24 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,884 | 15 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #3,392 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Pernell! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2021, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Pernell is popular in 1915
No state had 5 or more boys named Pernell in 1915, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Pernell
- 4,075 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #10,695)
- 1,391 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1961 (#1,295 → #928)
- Biggest drop: 170 spots in 1966 (#624 → #794)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1964 at #592 (178 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1961–1967
- Highest: 1 in 11,195 boys born in 1964 were named Pernell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.1% of all boys named Pernell (945) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1942, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 48 | #2,165 (1918) | #2,745 |
| 1920s | 96 | #1,960 (1928) | #2,927 |
| 1930s | 118 | #1,741 (1938) | #2,206 |
| 1940s | 149 | #1,501 (1949) | #1,945 |
| 1950s | 176 | #1,572 (1950) | #1,925 |
| 1960s | 945 | #592 (1964) | #873 |
| 1970s | 464 | #914 (1973) | #1,312 |
| 1980s | 439 | #1,320 (1984) | #1,534 |
| 1990s | 292 | #1,632 (1991) | #2,869 |
| 2000s | 169 | #3,842 (2001) | #5,053 |
| 2010s | 111 | #5,433 (2011) | #7,478 |
| 2020s | 30 | #6,620 (2020) | #9,750 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Pernell in 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 163,975 of them was named Pernell, which outranked 23.6% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,434Zeta7
- #3,434Zoila7
- #3,434Zuma7
- #3,795Pernell6
- #3,795Alberteen6
- #3,795Aldie6
- #3,795Aleine6
- #4,274Aagot5
- #4,274Achsah5
- #4,274Adabelle5
Tied with 478 names at #3,795; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 141,429 of them was named Pernell, which outranked 22.7% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,082Yates7
- #3,082Younger7
- #3,082Ysabel7
- #3,392Pernell6
- #3,392Acey6
- #3,392Adair6
- #3,392Agustus6
- #3,825Abb5
- #3,825Abert5
- #3,825Abran5
Tied with 432 names at #3,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.