Pernell*
#2,296 most common boys' name of all time · #5,528 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1915–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,296
Rank overall
#5,528 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
109 of 146
All-time
3,312
Since 2016
73
Peak year
1964 #593
Best rank
#593 1964
Girls
Boys
peak 183/yr
Pernell first appears in 1915. 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 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,943 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,978 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,672 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,703 |
| 2018 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,229 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2016 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,672 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,228 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,625 |
| 2013 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,651 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,229 |
| 2011 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,458 |
| 2010 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,519 |
| 2009 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,133 |
| 2008 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,273 |
| 2007 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,689 |
| 2006 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,905 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,694 |
| 2004 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,188 |
| 2003 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,150 |
| 2002 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,730 |
| 2001 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,861 |
| 2000 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,241 |
| 1999 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,723 |
| 1998 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,620 |
| 1997 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,489 |
| 1996 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,924 |
| 1995 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,458 |
| 1994 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,637 |
| 1993 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,538 |
| 1992 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,987 |
| 1991 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,639 |
| 1990 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,882 |
| 1989 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,572 |
| 1988 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,110 |
| 1987 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,664 |
| 1986 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,483 |
| 1985 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,377 |
| 1984 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,332 |
| 1983 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,457 |
| 1982 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,426 |
| 1981 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,619 |
| 1980 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,397 |
| 1979 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,584 |
| 1978 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,582 |
| 1977 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,500 |
| 1976 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,340 |
| 1975 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,293 |
| 1974 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,032 |
| 1973 | — | 77 | 77 | #920 |
| 1972 | 5 | 43 | 48 | #1,278 |
| 1971 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,458 |
| 1970 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,248 |
| 1969 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,213 |
| 1968 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,042 |
| 1967 | — | 59 | 59 | #946 |
| 1966 | — | 84 | 84 | #798 |
| 1965 | 5 | 148 | 153 | #624 |
| 1964 | 5 | 178 | 183 | #593 |
| 1963 | — | 149 | 149 | #645 |
| 1962 | — | 128 | 128 | #687 |
| 1961 | — | 68 | 68 | #931 |
| 1960 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,314 |
| 1959 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,699 |
| 1958 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1957 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,740 |
| 1956 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,636 |
| 1955 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,884 |
| 1954 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,087 |
| 1953 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #2,261 |
| 1952 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,473 |
| 1951 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,040 |
| 1950 | 12 | 22 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1949 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #1,541 |
| 1948 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #1,935 |
| 1947 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,898 |
| 1946 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,931 |
| 1945 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #2,219 |
| 1944 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #1,729 |
| 1943 | 11 | 15 | 26 | #1,969 |
| 1942 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #2,492 |
| 1941 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #1,976 |
| 1940 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #2,451 |
| 1939 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #2,424 |
| 1938 | 9 | 16 | 25 | #1,808 |
| 1937 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,185 |
| 1936 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #2,050 |
| 1935 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #2,504 |
| 1934 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #2,375 |
| 1933 | 14 | 11 | 25 | #2,342 |
| 1932 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #1,918 |
| 1931 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #2,610 |
| 1930 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #2,975 |
| 1929 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #2,936 |
| 1928 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #2,041 |
| 1927 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,653 |
| 1926 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #2,541 |
| 1925 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #3,613 |
| 1924 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #3,728 |
| 1923 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,688 |
| 1922 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #3,193 |
| 1921 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #2,961 |
| 1920 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,585 |
| 1919 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #3,066 |
| 1918 | 8 | 14 | 22 | #2,255 |
| 1917 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,719 |
| 1916 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #2,897 |
| 1915 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #3,671 |