Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Pearl

#253 most common girls' name of all time · #466 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#253
Rank overall
#466 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
163,010
Since 2016
4,021
Peak year
1918 #56
Best rank
#24 1889
Girls Boys peak 4,622/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Pearl is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 350 — 350 #776
2024 351 — 351 #801
2023 351 — 351 #800
2022 382 — 382 #754
2021 385 — 385 #740
2020 351 — 351 #776
2019 387 — 387 #729
2018 460 — 460 #644
2017 455 — 455 #651
2016 549 — 549 #567
2015 461 — 461 #624
2014 454 — 454 #629
2013 424 — 424 #672
2012 368 — 368 #755
2011 335 — 335 #806
2010 267 — 267 #960
2009 269 — 269 #983
2008 259 — 259 #1,016
2007 269 — 269 #991
2006 245 — 245 #1,045
2005 190 — 190 #1,203
2004 196 — 196 #1,152
2003 203 — 203 #1,084
2002 199 — 199 #1,068
2001 208 — 208 #1,035
2000 200 — 200 #1,046
1999 162 — 162 #1,191
1998 164 — 164 #1,150
1997 138 — 138 #1,274
1996 175 — 175 #1,056
1995 159 — 159 #1,113
1994 124 — 124 #1,347
1993 156 — 156 #1,138
1992 157 — 157 #1,126
1991 142 — 142 #1,215
1990 131 — 131 #1,253
1989 140 — 140 #1,168
1988 148 — 148 #1,066
1987 141 — 141 #1,081
1986 162 — 162 #974
1985 165 — 165 #946
1984 169 — 169 #887
1983 172 5 177 #880
1982 190 — 190 #824
1981 184 — 184 #846
1980 168 6 174 #900
1979 143 — 143 #995
1978 132 — 132 #1,031
1977 123 7 130 #1,062
1976 143 6 149 #917
1975 148 — 148 #891
1974 148 — 148 #876
1973 142 6 148 #882
1972 168 6 174 #804
1971 163 9 172 #842
1970 161 — 161 #840
1969 143 5 148 #876
1968 172 — 172 #757
1967 175 9 184 #740
1966 195 12 207 #701
1965 259 8 267 #597
1964 284 10 294 #587
1963 284 7 291 #590
1962 364 — 364 #509
1961 346 10 356 #524
1960 372 7 379 #505
1959 350 11 361 #518
1958 388 13 401 #483
1957 443 18 461 #447
1956 468 16 484 #420
1955 465 27 492 #405
1954 492 16 508 #388
1953 516 17 533 #375
1952 516 12 528 #363
1951 531 10 541 #347
1950 588 18 606 #320
1949 575 20 595 #323
1948 690 19 709 #290
1947 713 31 744 #293
1946 677 22 699 #284
1945 654 27 681 #265
1944 756 29 785 #238
1943 879 43 922 #223
1942 1,092 42 1,134 #191
1941 835 20 855 #211
1940 907 29 936 #197
1939 902 50 952 #197
1938 1,005 44 1,049 #189
1937 1,024 45 1,069 #187
1936 1,120 40 1,160 #172
1935 1,187 53 1,240 #167
1934 1,338 38 1,376 #154
1933 1,384 50 1,434 #143
1932 1,618 45 1,663 #138
1931 1,648 65 1,713 #137
1930 2,069 67 2,136 #121
1929 2,172 73 2,245 #114
1928 2,367 81 2,448 #110
1927 2,718 80 2,798 #102
1926 2,899 71 2,970 #96
1925 3,213 68 3,281 #90
1924 3,635 85 3,720 #78
1923 3,543 83 3,626 #78
1922 3,848 78 3,926 #71
1921 4,175 86 4,261 #65
1920 4,204 91 4,295 #62
1919 4,273 98 4,371 #56
1918 4,521 101 4,622 #56
1917 4,232 84 4,316 #57
1916 4,073 70 4,143 #57
1915 3,976 97 4,073 #56
1914 3,223 57 3,280 #56
1913 2,756 70 2,826 #55
1912 2,528 53 2,581 #54
1911 2,075 33 2,108 #48
1910 2,177 23 2,200 #39
1909 2,048 41 2,089 #40
1908 2,075 36 2,111 #39
1907 2,108 37 2,145 #35
1906 2,035 34 2,069 #35
1905 2,108 29 2,137 #31
1904 2,015 30 2,045 #30
1903 2,046 36 2,082 #27
1902 2,100 35 2,135 #28
1901 1,866 38 1,904 #31
1900 2,512 41 2,553 #24
1899 1,999 29 2,028 #27
1898 2,158 39 2,197 #26
1897 2,076 44 2,120 #25
1896 2,101 37 2,138 #25
1895 1,958 45 2,003 #26
1894 1,789 55 1,844 #28
1893 1,796 62 1,858 #26
1892 1,831 39 1,870 #26
1891 1,605 31 1,636 #27
1890 1,741 48 1,789 #24
1889 1,588 50 1,638 #24
1888 1,591 69 1,660 #26
1887 1,316 64 1,380 #25
1886 1,204 73 1,277 #29
1885 1,146 57 1,203 #26
1884 1,138 62 1,200 #25
1883 886 57 943 #29
1882 824 58 882 #33
1881 641 52 693 #38
1880 569 62 631 #47