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Pernell: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 6 in 2025. Its best rank was #593 in 1964.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #593 in 1964; #11,660 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Pernell in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#11,660 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1964, at #593.
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Pernell: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 6 boys in 2025. Peak: #593 in 1964 · most boys in one year: 178 (1964).
In 2025, 6 US boys were named Pernell, making it the 11,660th most common boys’ name of the year. Its best rank for boys was #593, reached in 1964. That year also had the most boys given the name: 178. For comparison, it was #13,532 in 2015 and #1,604 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Pernell in 109 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1915 with 12 babies. In all, 3,312 US babies have been given the name, 8.3% of them girls and 92% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 955 babies named Pernell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 73 US boys were named Pernell; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 14. In 2025 that was about 1 in 284,679 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 6 | #11,660 |
| 2023 | — | — | 6 | #11,902 |
| 2022 | — | — | 6 | #11,953 |
| 2020 | — | — | 12 | #6,931 |
| 2019 | — | — | 10 | #8,058 |
| 2018 | — | — | 9 | #8,651 |
| 2017 | — | — | 14 | #6,256 |
| 2016 | — | — | 10 | #8,013 |
| 2015 | — | — | 5 | #13,532 |
| 2014 | — | — | 10 | #7,977 |
| 2013 | — | — | 12 | #6,920 |
| 2012 | — | — | 9 | #8,695 |
| 2011 | — | — | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2010 | — | — | 16 | #5,668 |
| 2009 | — | — | 14 | #6,344 |
| 2008 | — | — | 17 | #5,427 |
| 2007 | — | — | 15 | #5,845 |
| 2006 | — | — | 25 | #3,967 |
| 2005 | — | — | 11 | #6,993 |
| 2004 | — | — | 12 | #6,416 |
| 2003 | — | — | 20 | #4,233 |
| 2002 | — | — | 16 | #4,857 |
| 2001 | — | — | 21 | #3,944 |
| 2000 | — | — | 18 | #4,330 |
| 1999 | — | — | 20 | #3,802 |
| 1998 | — | — | 20 | #3,676 |
| 1997 | — | — | 20 | #3,553 |
| 1996 | — | — | 12 | #5,106 |
| 1995 | — | — | 31 | #2,484 |
| 1994 | — | — | 28 | #2,665 |
| 1993 | — | — | 29 | #2,561 |
| 1992 | — | — | 40 | #1,993 |
| 1991 | — | — | 51 | #1,646 |
| 1990 | — | — | 41 | #1,900 |
| 1989 | — | — | 51 | #1,586 |
| 1988 | — | — | 30 | #2,124 |
| 1987 | — | — | 41 | #1,675 |
| 1986 | — | — | 46 | #1,487 |
| 1985 | — | — | 50 | #1,383 |
| 1984 | — | — | 50 | #1,344 |
| 1983 | — | — | 43 | #1,464 |
| 1982 | — | — | 45 | #1,435 |
| 1981 | — | — | 37 | #1,624 |
| 1980 | — | — | 46 | #1,404 |
| 1979 | — | — | 37 | #1,588 |
| 1978 | — | — | 36 | #1,590 |
| 1977 | — | — | 38 | #1,504 |
| 1976 | — | — | 44 | #1,343 |
| 1975 | — | — | 45 | #1,296 |
| 1974 | — | — | 64 | #1,031 |
| 1973 | — | — | 77 | #922 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,212 | 43 | #1,280 |
| 1971 | — | — | 35 | #1,456 |
| 1970 | — | — | 45 | #1,248 |
| 1969 | — | — | 43 | #1,214 |
| 1968 | — | — | 51 | #1,043 |
| 1967 | — | — | 59 | #947 |
| 1966 | — | — | 84 | #799 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,255 | 148 | #624 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,523 | 178 | #593 |
| 1963 | — | — | 149 | #645 |
| 1962 | — | — | 128 | #687 |
| 1961 | — | — | 68 | #931 |
| 1960 | — | — | 37 | #1,315 |
| 1959 | — | — | 23 | #1,699 |
| 1958 | — | — | 13 | #2,342 |
| 1957 | — | — | 22 | #1,743 |
| 1956 | — | — | 24 | #1,635 |
| 1955 | — | — | 18 | #1,891 |
| 1954 | — | — | 15 | #2,096 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,509 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1952 | — | — | 11 | #2,470 |
| 1951 | — | — | 15 | #2,028 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,187 | 22 | #1,604 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,846 | 24 | #1,537 |
| 1948 | 8 | #4,129 | 16 | #1,928 |
| 1947 | — | — | 17 | #1,897 |
| 1946 | — | — | 15 | #1,933 |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,085 | 11 | #2,216 |
| 1944 | 5 | #5,087 | 17 | #1,722 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,992 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,153 | 10 | #2,490 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,318 | 14 | #1,975 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,911 | 10 | #2,440 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,713 | 10 | #2,410 |
| 1938 | 9 | #3,129 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,780 | 12 | #2,170 |
| 1936 | 9 | #3,048 | 13 | #2,042 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,676 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,721 | 11 | #2,363 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,254 | 11 | #2,333 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,836 | 16 | #1,903 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,778 | 10 | #2,604 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,271 | 9 | #2,957 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,338 | 9 | #2,918 |
| 1928 | 7 | #4,099 | 16 | #2,030 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,695 | 7 | #3,702 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,719 | 12 | #2,530 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,902 | 7 | #3,655 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,937 | 7 | #3,771 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,853 | 7 | #3,733 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,355 | 9 | #3,187 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,971 | 10 | #2,934 |
| 1920 | — | — | 12 | #2,571 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,405 | 9 | #3,063 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,786 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1917 | — | — | 10 | #2,686 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,848 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1915 | 6 | #4,161 | 6 | #3,730 |
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).