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.

Perla

#1,022 most common girls' name of all time · #1,831 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1918–2025

Rank among girls
#1,022
Rank overall
#1,831 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
20,836
Since 2016
2,443
Peak year
2003 #282
Best rank
#282 2003
Girls Boys peak 1,109/yr
192019401960198020002020

Perla first appears in 1918. 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
2025 132 132 #1,588
2024 176 176 #1,307
2023 203 203 #1,181
2022 208 208 #1,164
2021 198 198 #1,208
2020 249 249 #1,013
2019 236 236 #1,072
2018 289 289 #924
2017 345 345 #794
2016 407 407 #704
2015 443 443 #649
2014 441 441 #646
2013 423 423 #674
2012 690 690 #452
2011 444 444 #645
2010 485 485 #607
2009 581 581 #523
2008 662 662 #479
2007 803 803 #406
2006 843 843 #385
2005 865 865 #365
2004 878 878 #361
2003 1,109 1,109 #282
2002 701 701 #414
2001 533 533 #509
2000 510 510 #518
1999 472 472 #537
1998 522 522 #488
1997 480 480 #507
1996 485 5 490 #493
1995 502 502 #490
1994 482 7 489 #518
1993 478 478 #513
1992 409 409 #569
1991 400 8 408 #579
1990 356 5 361 #629
1989 267 267 #736
1988 222 222 #820
1987 216 216 #812
1986 227 5 232 #763
1985 204 204 #807
1984 210 210 #768
1983 166 166 #909
1982 158 158 #944
1981 155 155 #950
1980 166 166 #911
1979 144 144 #992
1978 108 108 #1,171
1977 84 84 #1,349
1976 87 87 #1,275
1975 76 76 #1,392
1974 70 70 #1,443
1973 63 63 #1,505
1972 67 67 #1,451
1971 44 44 #1,948
1970 33 33 #2,328
1969 28 28 #2,480
1968 41 41 #1,870
1967 24 24 #2,518
1966 29 29 #2,222
1965 21 21 #2,717
1964 29 29 #2,276
1963 27 27 #2,334
1962 33 33 #2,053
1961 27 27 #2,323
1960 20 20 #2,771
1959 15 15 #3,181
1958 25 25 #2,297
1957 17 17 #2,886
1956 13 13 #3,405
1955 12 12 #3,486
1954 16 16 #2,832
1953 22 22 #2,266
1952 13 13 #3,134
1951 8 8 #4,200
1950 9 9 #3,812
1949 10 10 #3,523
1948 13 13 #2,919
1947 10 10 #3,617
1946 5 5 #5,311
1945 9 9 #3,288
1944 10 10 #3,087
1942 6 6 #4,416
1939 7 7 #3,670
1938 11 11 #2,707
1936 9 9 #3,047
1935 6 6 #4,058
1934 5 5 #4,720
1931 8 8 #3,441
1930 5 5 #5,007
1929 5 5 #5,039
1927 6 6 #4,659
1926 8 8 #3,813
1924 7 7 #4,347
1923 6 6 #4,814
1922 6 6 #4,874
1921 6 6 #4,946
1920 5 5 #5,495
1918 7 7 #4,274