Pearl Name Popularity

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How popular is Pearl?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Pearl, ranked the 647th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Pearl has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #24 was reached for the first time in 1889 and as recently as 1900.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1918 with 4,521 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Pearl in any given year was 123 in 1994.

Pearl, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1881-1888, 1893-1896, 1897-1900, 1909-1916, 2003-2007, and 2008-2016, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1927-1937, and 1962-1967.

For a number of years, the name Pearl has steadily increased in popularity. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Pearl has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Pearl?

Pearl's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Pearl still has a solid footing and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Pearl has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Pearl (Girl)		Pearl (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		455	647	< 5	--
2017		453	656	< 5	--
2016		548	567	< 5	--
2015		459	624	< 5	--
2014		453	628	< 5	--
2013		424	672	< 5	--
2012		368	755	< 5	--
2011		335	807	< 5	--
2010		267	959	< 5	--
2009		269	985	< 5	--
2008		259	1,017	< 5	--
2007		269	993	< 5	--
2006		244	1,051	< 5	--
2005		190	1,206	< 5	--
2004		196	1,160	< 5	--
2003		203	1,090	< 5	--
2002		199	1,071	< 5	--
2001		208	1,036	< 5	--
2000		200	1,047	< 5	--
1999		162	1,194	< 5	--
1998		164	1,154	< 5	--
1997		138	1,278	< 5	--
1996		175	1,061	< 5	--
1995		158	1,124	< 5	--
1994		123	1,362	< 5	--
1993		156	1,138	< 5	--
1992		157	1,129	< 5	--
1991		142	1,217	< 5	--
1990		131	1,256	< 5	--
1989		140	1,175	< 5	--
1988		148	1,070	< 5	--
1987		141	1,084	< 5	--
1986		162	977	< 5	--
1985		165	945	< 5	--
1984		169	888	< 5	--
1983		171	886	5	7,021
1982		190	829	< 5	--
1981		183	851	< 5	--
1980		168	900	6	6,043
1979		143	1,000	< 5	--
1978		132	1,035	< 5	--
1977		123	1,064	7	4,974
1976		143	916	6	5,428
1975		148	893	< 5	--
1974		148	878	< 5	--
1973		142	889	6	4,925
1972		168	806	6	4,828
1971		163	846	9	3,584
1970		161	842	< 5	--
1969		143	880	5	4,853
1968		172	760	< 5	--
1967		175	742	9	2,927
1966		195	702	12	2,423
1965		259	601	8	3,180
1964		285	587	10	2,792
1963		284	591	7	3,566
1962		364	510	< 5	--
1961		347	522	10	2,839
1960		370	505	7	3,575
1959		348	520	11	2,630
1958		391	482	13	2,337
1957		442	448	18	1,935
1956		468	422	15	2,151
1955		463	408	28	1,480
1954		494	387	15	2,097
1953		514	376	18	1,877
1952		516	363	12	2,349
1951		531	348	10	2,621
1950		589	320	18	1,795
1949		575	323	20	1,696
1948		689	290	19	1,749
1947		713	293	31	1,333
1946		678	284	22	1,548
1945		654	265	27	1,291
1944		757	238	29	1,252
1943		878	223	43	1,033
1942		1,092	191	42	1,048
1941		835	212	20	1,573
1940		908	197	29	1,271
1939		901	198	50	882
1938		1,006	189	44	959
1937		1,023	187	45	940
1936		1,119	172	40	1,006
1935		1,188	167	52	880
1934		1,338	154	38	1,072
1933		1,384	143	50	884
1932		1,617	138	45	989
1931		1,649	137	65	781
1930		2,069	121	67	792
1929		2,172	114	73	740
1928		2,367	110	81	707
1927		2,718	102	80	729
1926		2,899	96	71	774
1925		3,213	90	68	807
1924		3,635	78	85	721
1923		3,543	78	83	717
1922		3,848	71	78	752
1921		4,175	65	86	706
1920		4,204	62	91	672
1919		4,273	56	98	613
1918		4,521	56	101	613
1917		4,232	57	84	654
1916		4,073	57	70	721
1915		3,976	56	97	579
1914		3,223	56	57	676
1913		2,756	55	70	517
1912		2,528	54	53	554
1911		2,075	48	33	521
1910		2,177	39	23	614
1909		2,048	40	41	375
1908		2,075	39	36	393
1907		2,108	35	37	372
1906		2,035	35	34	360
1905		2,108	31	29	401
1904		2,015	30	30	376
1903		2,046	27	36	316
1902		2,100	28	35	334
1901		1,866	31	38	283
1900		2,512	24	41	342
1899		1,999	27	29	334
1898		2,158	26	39	303
1897		2,076	25	44	267
1896		2,101	25	37	310
1895		1,958	26	45	267
1894		1,789	28	55	234
1893		1,796	26	62	219
1892		1,831	26	39	296
1891		1,605	27	31	304
1890		1,741	24	48	245
1889		1,588	24	50	230
1888		1,591	26	69	213
1887		1,316	25	64	191
1886		1,204	29	73	186
1885		1,146	26	57	212
1884		1,138	25	62	212
1883		886	29	57	200
1882		824	33	58	216
1881		641	38	52	213
1880		569	47	62	196

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.