girls:
243 births since 1886
#5473 (4th percentile)
boys:
86 births since 1885
#4500 (2nd percentile)
overall:
329 births since 1885
#7410 (4th percentile)
The name Perle is the #7,410 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 329 recorded births since 1885. This represents the 4.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,473 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 243 births since 1886. For boys, it ranks #4,500 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 86 births since 1885.
Perle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1885 (1885 for boys and 1886 for girls). Birth data for Perle is available in 35 out of the 61 years between 1885 and 1945 (33 years for girls and 12 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 Perle has been given predominantly to girls, with 73.9% of all recorded births being female. In 1945, 0.0% of babies named Perle were girls. Interestingly, until around 1887, the name was more popular for boys (50.0% boys from 1885 to 1886), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (74.6% girls from 1887 to 1945).
For girls, Perle reached its peak popularity in 1902, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #344) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 1902, with 39 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1935.
For boys, Perle reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #528) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1896, with 46 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1945.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Perle".
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