Meaning not yet researched.
Pearl: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 350 in 2025. Its best rank was #24 in 1900.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #24 in 1900; #777 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Pearl in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#777 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1900, at #24.
Hover, tap or use the arrow keys for any year. Years with fewer than five babies of a sex are not published by SSA and show as zero.
Pearl: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 350 girls in 2025. Peak: #24 in 1900 · most girls in one year: 4,521 (1918).
In 2025, 350 US girls were named Pearl, making it the 777th most common girls’ name of the year, up 27 places from #804 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 351 girls named Pearl in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #24, reached in 1900. The most girls given the name in a single year was 4,521, in 1918. For comparison, it was #624 in 2015 and #320 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Pearl in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 631 babies with the name. In all, 163,010 US babies have been given the name, 98% of them girls and 2.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 34,520 babies named Pearl.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,021 US girls were named Pearl; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 549. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,592 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Pearl ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #299 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Margarita (40,418 babies since 1880), Perla (20,836 babies since 1880), Pearline (6,262 babies since 1880) and Pearle (2,821 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Perl, Pearla and Perle are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Perl (701), Pearla (559), Perle (329), Pearlina (168), Pirl (15).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Pearl in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 28 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 57 | #299 | #469 |
| Idaho | 8 | #302 | — |
| New Jersey | 17 | #464 | #770 |
| Oregon | 7 | #532 | #255 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #555 | #565 |
| Washington | 12 | #569 | #404 |
| Minnesota | 9 | #586 | #464 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #608 | — |
| Colorado | 9 | #623 | #402 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #641 | — |
| Illinois | 15 | #656 | #755 |
| Ohio | 14 | #705 | #829 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #736 | #607 |
| California | 41 | #763 | #670 |
| Missouri | 7 | #789 | #553 |
| Arizona | 8 | #799 | — |
| Utah | 5 | #807 | #447 |
| Maryland | 6 | #815 | #482 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #817 | #963 |
| Virginia | 7 | #1,014 | #579 |
| Texas | 21 | #1,253 | #776 |
| Florida | 11 | #1,313 | #1,105 |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,500 | #1,036 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 350 | #777 | — | — |
| 2024 | 351 | #804 | — | — |
| 2023 | 351 | #800 | — | — |
| 2022 | 382 | #756 | — | — |
| 2021 | 385 | #742 | — | — |
| 2020 | 351 | #777 | — | — |
| 2019 | 387 | #730 | — | — |
| 2018 | 460 | #645 | — | — |
| 2017 | 455 | #653 | — | — |
| 2016 | 549 | #567 | — | — |
| 2015 | 461 | #624 | — | — |
| 2014 | 454 | #629 | — | — |
| 2013 | 424 | #673 | — | — |
| 2012 | 368 | #756 | — | — |
| 2011 | 335 | #807 | — | — |
| 2010 | 267 | #961 | — | — |
| 2009 | 269 | #985 | — | — |
| 2008 | 259 | #1,017 | — | — |
| 2007 | 269 | #994 | — | — |
| 2006 | 245 | #1,048 | — | — |
| 2005 | 190 | #1,206 | — | — |
| 2004 | 196 | #1,160 | — | — |
| 2003 | 203 | #1,091 | — | — |
| 2002 | 199 | #1,071 | — | — |
| 2001 | 208 | #1,036 | — | — |
| 2000 | 200 | #1,047 | — | — |
| 1999 | 162 | #1,194 | — | — |
| 1998 | 164 | #1,154 | — | — |
| 1997 | 138 | #1,280 | — | — |
| 1996 | 175 | #1,062 | — | — |
| 1995 | 159 | #1,119 | — | — |
| 1994 | 124 | #1,352 | — | — |
| 1993 | 156 | #1,139 | — | — |
| 1992 | 157 | #1,130 | — | — |
| 1991 | 142 | #1,218 | — | — |
| 1990 | 131 | #1,256 | — | — |
| 1989 | 140 | #1,175 | — | — |
| 1988 | 148 | #1,071 | — | — |
| 1987 | 141 | #1,087 | — | — |
| 1986 | 162 | #978 | — | — |
| 1985 | 165 | #946 | — | — |
| 1984 | 169 | #888 | — | — |
| 1983 | 172 | #883 | 5 | #7,025 |
| 1982 | 190 | #828 | — | — |
| 1981 | 184 | #848 | — | — |
| 1980 | 168 | #901 | 6 | #6,042 |
| 1979 | 143 | #1,002 | — | — |
| 1978 | 132 | #1,035 | — | — |
| 1977 | 123 | #1,064 | 7 | #4,978 |
| 1976 | 143 | #919 | 6 | #5,432 |
| 1975 | 148 | #894 | — | — |
| 1974 | 148 | #880 | — | — |
| 1973 | 142 | #889 | 6 | #4,925 |
| 1972 | 168 | #807 | 6 | #4,826 |
| 1971 | 163 | #846 | 9 | #3,586 |
| 1970 | 161 | #842 | — | — |
| 1969 | 143 | #879 | 5 | #4,853 |
| 1968 | 172 | #759 | — | — |
| 1967 | 175 | #742 | 9 | #2,927 |
| 1966 | 195 | #702 | 12 | #2,426 |
| 1965 | 259 | #601 | 8 | #3,180 |
| 1964 | 284 | #587 | 10 | #2,795 |
| 1963 | 284 | #590 | 7 | #3,570 |
| 1962 | 364 | #510 | — | — |
| 1961 | 346 | #525 | 10 | #2,843 |
| 1960 | 372 | #505 | 7 | #3,575 |
| 1959 | 350 | #518 | 11 | #2,627 |
| 1958 | 388 | #483 | 13 | #2,339 |
| 1957 | 443 | #447 | 18 | #1,937 |
| 1956 | 468 | #421 | 16 | #2,073 |
| 1955 | 465 | #406 | 27 | #1,499 |
| 1954 | 492 | #388 | 16 | #2,027 |
| 1953 | 516 | #376 | 17 | #1,943 |
| 1952 | 516 | #363 | 12 | #2,348 |
| 1951 | 531 | #348 | 10 | #2,621 |
| 1950 | 588 | #320 | 18 | #1,796 |
| 1949 | 575 | #323 | 20 | #1,696 |
| 1948 | 690 | #290 | 19 | #1,749 |
| 1947 | 713 | #293 | 31 | #1,333 |
| 1946 | 677 | #285 | 22 | #1,548 |
| 1945 | 654 | #265 | 27 | #1,290 |
| 1944 | 756 | #238 | 29 | #1,252 |
| 1943 | 879 | #223 | 43 | #1,034 |
| 1942 | 1,092 | #191 | 42 | #1,049 |
| 1941 | 835 | #212 | 20 | #1,574 |
| 1940 | 907 | #197 | 29 | #1,271 |
| 1939 | 902 | #197 | 50 | #882 |
| 1938 | 1,005 | #189 | 44 | #959 |
| 1937 | 1,024 | #187 | 45 | #941 |
| 1936 | 1,120 | #172 | 40 | #1,007 |
| 1935 | 1,187 | #167 | 53 | #868 |
| 1934 | 1,338 | #154 | 38 | #1,072 |
| 1933 | 1,384 | #143 | 50 | #884 |
| 1932 | 1,618 | #138 | 45 | #990 |
| 1931 | 1,648 | #137 | 65 | #781 |
| 1930 | 2,069 | #121 | 67 | #791 |
| 1929 | 2,172 | #114 | 73 | #740 |
| 1928 | 2,367 | #110 | 81 | #707 |
| 1927 | 2,718 | #102 | 80 | #730 |
| 1926 | 2,899 | #96 | 71 | #774 |
| 1925 | 3,213 | #90 | 68 | #807 |
| 1924 | 3,635 | #78 | 85 | #721 |
| 1923 | 3,543 | #78 | 83 | #717 |
| 1922 | 3,848 | #71 | 78 | #752 |
| 1921 | 4,175 | #65 | 86 | #706 |
| 1920 | 4,204 | #62 | 91 | #672 |
| 1919 | 4,273 | #56 | 98 | #613 |
| 1918 | 4,521 | #56 | 101 | #613 |
| 1917 | 4,232 | #57 | 84 | #654 |
| 1916 | 4,073 | #57 | 70 | #721 |
| 1915 | 3,976 | #56 | 97 | #579 |
| 1914 | 3,223 | #56 | 57 | #676 |
| 1913 | 2,756 | #55 | 70 | #517 |
| 1912 | 2,528 | #54 | 53 | #554 |
| 1911 | 2,075 | #48 | 33 | #521 |
| 1910 | 2,177 | #39 | 23 | #614 |
| 1909 | 2,048 | #40 | 41 | #375 |
| 1908 | 2,075 | #39 | 36 | #393 |
| 1907 | 2,108 | #35 | 37 | #372 |
| 1906 | 2,035 | #35 | 34 | #360 |
| 1905 | 2,108 | #31 | 29 | #401 |
| 1904 | 2,015 | #30 | 30 | #376 |
| 1903 | 2,046 | #27 | 36 | #316 |
| 1902 | 2,100 | #28 | 35 | #334 |
| 1901 | 1,866 | #31 | 38 | #283 |
| 1900 | 2,512 | #24 | 41 | #342 |
| 1899 | 1,999 | #27 | 29 | #334 |
| 1898 | 2,158 | #26 | 39 | #303 |
| 1897 | 2,076 | #25 | 44 | #267 |
| 1896 | 2,101 | #25 | 37 | #310 |
| 1895 | 1,958 | #26 | 45 | #267 |
| 1894 | 1,789 | #28 | 55 | #234 |
| 1893 | 1,796 | #26 | 62 | #219 |
| 1892 | 1,831 | #26 | 39 | #296 |
| 1891 | 1,605 | #27 | 31 | #304 |
| 1890 | 1,741 | #24 | 48 | #245 |
| 1889 | 1,588 | #24 | 50 | #230 |
| 1888 | 1,591 | #26 | 69 | #213 |
| 1887 | 1,316 | #25 | 64 | #191 |
| 1886 | 1,204 | #29 | 73 | #186 |
| 1885 | 1,146 | #26 | 57 | #212 |
| 1884 | 1,138 | #25 | 62 | #212 |
| 1883 | 886 | #29 | 57 | #200 |
| 1882 | 824 | #33 | 58 | #216 |
| 1881 | 641 | #38 | 52 | #213 |
| 1880 | 569 | #47 | 62 | #196 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).