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.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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