Pernie

Girl · recorded 1883–1943

  • 1943last recorded
  • 1883best year

Most popular in 1883.

Last recorded in 1943. Fewer than five girls 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 Pernie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1883

0234518831898191319281943

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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 43 recorded years as a table
Pernie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188345
188439
188828
188934
189233
189328
189625
189738
189831
190037
190129
190219
190319
190436
190627
190818
190926
191015
191216
191324
19149
191523
191611
19175
191810
191912
19209
192115
192214
19237
19248
19258
192613
19276
19289
19296
19327
19337
19345
19356
19367
19395
19434

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Pernie 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 1943
6
Rank in 1943
#4,196
How rare
1 in 232,548 girls
Since 1883
378

Pernie was last recorded in 1943. 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 1883, at 45 per million girls born.

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

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