Pearlie

Girl · recorded 1880–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1902best year

Most popular in 1902.

Last recorded in 2023. 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 1880

024548918801916195219872023

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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 119 recorded years as a table
Pearlie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880176
1881239
1882223
1883294
1884194
1885338
1886291
1887445
1888409
1889381
1890410
1891410
1892433
1893418
1894440
1895467
1896382
1897448
1898421
1899416
1900467
1901472
1902489
1903428
1904425
1905466
1906400
1907421
1908410
1909403
1910444
1911390
1912353
1913320
1914293
1915254
1916259
1917261
1918270
1919314
1920260
1921280
1922281
1923263
1924251
1925311
1926295
1927304
1928336
1929328
1930293
1931277
1932309
1933301
1934287
1935294
1936301
1937367
1938320
1939306
1940305
1941271
1942277
1943239
1944261
1945233
1946208
1947169
1948193
1949190
1950151
1951135
1952141
1953105
1954108
195598
195678
195779
195876
195970
196058
196149
196250
196344
196440
196530
196632
196722
196824
196916
197017
197123
197220
197314
197411
197510
197611
197712
19787
19798
19808
19815
19827
19837
19844
19855
19863
19873
19884
19895
199010
19914
19925
19943
20033
20113
20133
20155
20234

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 2023
6
Rank in 2023
#13,462
How rare
1 in 267,430 girls
Since 1880
18,129

Pearlie was last recorded in 2023. 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 1902, at 489 per million girls 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.