Pebble — girls' name
306 babies named Pebble in U.S. Social Security records since 1901, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Pebble was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Pebble in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pebble
The Social Security Administration has registered 306 babies named Pebble between 1901 and 1977, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pebble currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pebble performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Pebble shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pebble 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 306 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.
Pebble at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pebble popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1901
- Peak year (1963)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
306 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 13 births in a single year.
Pebble by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 78 births that decade — 25% of Pebble's all-time total
Pebble decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Pebble's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1901–1977 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.