Girls' name · since 1918
Pearlia
46 babies named Pearlia in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1946. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Pearlia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 46 recorded since 1918.
Pearlia has 46 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1947.
- #36,018 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 46 born since 1918
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pearlia ranks #36,018 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 1918, peaking in the 1920s.
- #36,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Pearlia's 46 recorded births place it above 50.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pearlia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Pearlia's SSA record in two at 1929 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1946 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Pearlia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1947
- Peak year (1946)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Pearlia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (21 births, 46% of the file).
1920s was Pearlia's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Pearlia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
21 births
- 1940s
1940s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 21 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Pearlia's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (21 total births) through the 1940s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pearlia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1946)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1918–1947 (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 Pearlia 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.