girls:
560 births since 1929
#5156 (10th percentile)
boys:
85 births since 1883
#4501 (2nd percentile)
overall:
645 births since 1883
#7094 (8th percentile)
The name Perl is the #7,094 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 645 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 8.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,156 (9.8% percentile) for all time with 560 births since 1929. For boys, it ranks #4,501 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 85 births since 1883.
Perl first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for boys and 1929 for girls). Birth data for Perl is available in 52 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023 (38 years for girls and 14 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 Perl has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Perl were girls. Interestingly, until around 1967, the name was more popular for boys (94.4% boys from 1883 to 1966), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1967 to 2023).
For girls, Perl reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #917) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Perl is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #917 (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million.
For boys, Perl reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #550) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1887, with 46 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1931.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Perl".
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