Pearlene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Pearlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,958 babies named Pearlene between 1906 and 1978, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pearlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 64 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pearlene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 497 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Pearlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 120 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Pearlene in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pearlene 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 1,958 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.