Pearlean

Girl · recorded 1907–1966

  • 1966last recorded
  • 1939best year

Most popular in 1939.

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

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1907

0173419071922193719511966

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 59 recorded years as a table
Pearlean, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190716
190818
190926
191020
191122
191214
191310
191416
191511
191612
191715
191813
191922
192012
192115
192223
192321
192414
192521
192617
192723
192816
192916
193031
193124
193228
193322
193433
193532
193630
193725
193818
193934
194017
194112
194217
194317
194413
194514
194618
194712
194812
194918
195012
195114
195211
19534
19549
195510
19567
19578
19583
19593
19604
19615
19624
19634
19643
19663

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Pearlean 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
5
Rank in 1966
#6,564
How rare
1 in 338,435 girls
Since 1907
1,066

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

Most popular in 1939, at 34 per million girls born.

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

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