girls:
673 births since 1885
#5043 (12th percentile)
boys:
178 births since 1882
#4408 (4th percentile)
overall:
851 births since 1882
#6888 (11th percentile)
The name Pearley is the #6,888 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 851 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 11.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,043 (11.7% percentile) for all time with 673 births since 1885. For boys, it ranks #4,408 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 178 births since 1882.
Pearley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1885 for girls). Birth data for Pearley is available in 64 out of the 77 years between 1882 and 1958 (62 years for girls and 27 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Pearley has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.1% of all recorded births being female. In 1958, 100.0% of babies named Pearley were girls. Interestingly, until around 1887, the name was more popular for boys (66.7% boys from 1882 to 1886), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (80.1% girls from 1887 to 1958).
For girls, Pearley reached its peak popularity in 1940, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #570) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1885, with 42 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1958.
For boys, Pearley reached its peak popularity in 1915, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #497) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1882, with 57 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1947.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Pearley".
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