Pearlie

Boy · recorded 1881–1966

  • 1966last recorded
  • 1908best year

Most popular in 1908.

Last recorded in 1966. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Pearlie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

0367118811902192419451966

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 62 recorded years as a table
Pearlie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188169
189054
189443
189650
189753
189865
190047
190156
190265
190359
190439
190871
191036
191131
191226
191314
191423
191525
191628
191717
191822
191918
192012
192111
19225
192310
192411
192512
192616
192712
192821
192914
193016
193113
193214
193313
193419
193515
19369
193720
193814
193916
194012
19419
19429
19435
19446
194510
19474
19486
19496
19506
19514
19525
19536
19543
19552
19563
19573
19592
19623
19663

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Pearlie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1966
6
Rank in 1966
#3,537
How rare
1 in 297,243 boys
Since 1881
699

Pearlie was last recorded in 1966. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1908, at 71 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Pearlie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.