Girls' name · since 1914
Pearleen
51 babies named Pearleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
51 girls have been named Pearleen since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Pearleen has 51 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1955.
- #34,863 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 1914
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pearleen ranks #34,863 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 1914, peaking in the 1930s.
- #34,863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Pearleen's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pearleen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pearleen's full recorded timeline at 1934, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1925 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pearleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1955
- Peak year (1925)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Pearleen by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (25 births, 49% of the file).
1930s was Pearleen's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Pearleen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
15 births
- 1930s
1930s
25 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 25 births (49% of all-time use).
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What to do with Pearleen's data
- Pearleen's decade-level peak was the 1930s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pearleen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pearleen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.