Pearla — #13455 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Pearla

The Social Security Administration has registered 552 babies named Pearla between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pearla currently holds the #13455 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pearla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Pearla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 68 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Pearla in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pearla in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 552 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.