Perl*
#8,879 most common girls' name of all time · #14,843 across all names · 12% male / 88% female · used 1883–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#8,879
Rank overall
#14,843 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
701
Since 2016
272
Peak year
2023 #4,120
Best rank
#4,120 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
Perl first appears in 1883. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,358 |
| 2024 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,303 |
| 2023 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,120 |
| 2022 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,681 |
| 2021 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2020 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,678 |
| 2019 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,314 |
| 2018 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,322 |
| 2017 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,199 |
| 2016 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,351 |
| 2015 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,460 |
| 2014 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,638 |
| 2013 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,263 |
| 2012 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,160 |
| 2011 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,745 |
| 2010 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,388 |
| 2009 | 22 | — | 22 | #6,098 |
| 2008 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,493 |
| 2007 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,745 |
| 2006 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,306 |
| 2005 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,911 |
| 2004 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2003 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,451 |
| 2002 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,832 |
| 2001 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,973 |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,854 |
| 1999 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,420 |
| 1998 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,294 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,045 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,845 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,489 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,544 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,286 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,399 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,196 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,486 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,823 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,499 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,864 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1929 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,636 |
| 1924 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1917 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1915 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | — |