Pearly*
#4,620 most common girls' name of all time · #7,855 across all names · 11% male / 89% female · used 1884–2022 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#4,620
Rank overall
#7,855 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
85 of 146
All-time
1,897
Since 2016
25
Peak year
1924 #1,079
Best rank
#847 1884
Girls
Boys
peak 61/yr
Pearly first appears in 1884. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,278 |
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2018 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,838 |
| 2017 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,744 |
| 2013 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,993 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,473 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,723 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,094 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,623 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,600 |
| 1964 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,723 |
| 1962 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #4,896 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,344 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,720 |
| 1959 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,780 |
| 1958 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,597 |
| 1957 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #3,521 |
| 1956 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,336 |
| 1955 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #2,988 |
| 1954 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,392 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,304 |
| 1952 | 24 | 9 | 33 | #2,083 |
| 1951 | 29 | 5 | 34 | #1,816 |
| 1950 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,016 |
| 1949 | 31 | 6 | 37 | #1,709 |
| 1948 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,713 |
| 1947 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,762 |
| 1946 | 34 | 5 | 39 | #1,516 |
| 1945 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,708 |
| 1944 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,300 |
| 1943 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,636 |
| 1942 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,392 |
| 1941 | 41 | 11 | 52 | #1,175 |
| 1940 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,417 |
| 1939 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,151 |
| 1938 | 29 | 7 | 36 | #1,392 |
| 1937 | 41 | 5 | 46 | #1,122 |
| 1936 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,155 |
| 1935 | 26 | 5 | 31 | #1,462 |
| 1934 | 41 | 5 | 46 | #1,105 |
| 1933 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,376 |
| 1932 | 39 | 9 | 48 | #1,153 |
| 1931 | 24 | 6 | 30 | #1,565 |
| 1930 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,416 |
| 1929 | 33 | 11 | 44 | #1,319 |
| 1928 | 37 | 6 | 43 | #1,263 |
| 1927 | 31 | 7 | 38 | #1,468 |
| 1926 | 37 | 10 | 47 | #1,286 |
| 1925 | 46 | 6 | 52 | #1,138 |
| 1924 | 53 | 8 | 61 | #1,079 |
| 1923 | 25 | 7 | 32 | #1,690 |
| 1922 | 36 | 10 | 46 | #1,323 |
| 1921 | 37 | 9 | 46 | #1,283 |
| 1920 | 31 | 10 | 41 | #1,448 |
| 1919 | 31 | 7 | 38 | #1,403 |
| 1918 | 28 | 9 | 37 | #1,515 |
| 1917 | 25 | 8 | 33 | #1,522 |
| 1916 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,825 |
| 1915 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1914 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #1,841 |
| 1913 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,132 |
| 1912 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #1,441 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,695 |
| 1910 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,136 |
| 1909 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,409 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1907 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,071 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,461 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,996 |
| 1904 | 14 | — | 14 | #987 |
| 1903 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,171 |
| 1901 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,176 |
| 1900 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,143 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,570 |
| 1897 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,021 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,171 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,291 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,503 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,520 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,408 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,272 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,102 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,228 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | 8 | #847 |