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.

Pearlean

#6,764 most common girls' name of all time · #11,375 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1907–1966

Rank among girls
#6,764
Rank overall
#11,375 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
1,066
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1939 #1,212
Best rank
#1,212 1939
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
192019401960

Pearlean first appears in 1907. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1966 5 — 5 #6,714
1964 6 — 6 #6,156
1963 7 — 7 #5,441
1962 8 — 8 #4,960
1961 10 — 10 #4,317
1960 8 — 8 #4,887
1959 6 — 6 #5,702
1958 6 — 6 #5,558
1957 16 — 16 #2,959
1956 14 — 14 #3,250
1955 19 — 19 #2,592
1954 18 — 18 #2,636
1953 8 — 8 #4,341
1952 21 — 21 #2,302
1951 26 — 26 #1,936
1950 21 — 21 #2,151
1949 30 — 30 #1,751
1948 21 — 21 #2,159
1947 22 — 22 #2,115
1946 28 — 28 #1,700
1945 18 — 18 #2,030
1944 17 — 17 #2,149
1943 24 — 24 #1,774
1942 23 — 23 #1,787
1941 15 — 15 #2,230
1940 19 — 19 #1,878
1939 37 — 37 #1,212
1938 20 — 20 #1,780
1937 27 — 27 #1,443
1936 31 — 31 #1,311
1935 34 — 34 #1,234
1934 34 — 34 #1,232
1933 22 — 22 #1,644
1932 30 — 30 #1,373
1931 26 — 26 #1,492
1930 35 — 35 #1,288
1929 18 — 18 #1,998
1928 19 — 19 #2,003
1927 27 — 27 #1,606
1926 20 — 20 #1,976
1925 25 — 25 #1,733
1924 17 — 17 #2,276
1923 25 — 25 #1,724
1922 28 — 28 #1,606
1921 18 — 18 #2,169
1920 14 — 14 #2,541
1919 25 — 25 #1,642
1918 15 — 15 #2,354
1917 16 — 16 #2,178
1916 13 — 13 #2,459
1915 11 — 11 #2,642
1914 12 — 12 #2,110
1913 6 — 6 #3,041
1912 8 — 8 #2,321
1911 9 — 9 #1,783
1910 8 — 8 #1,928
1909 9 — 9 #1,604
1908 6 — 6 #2,069
1907 5 — 5 #2,376