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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |