Girls' name · since 1918
Perla
Perla has 20,806 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,042 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,588 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,806
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
Perla currently ranks #1588 among girls' names in America, with 20,806 babies recorded since 1918.
Perla has 20,806 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1588 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #1,042 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,588 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 20,806 born since 1918
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Perla ranks #1,042 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,588 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 20,806 born since 1918, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,042 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,588 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,806
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
Perla's 20,806 recorded births place it above 98.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Perla compares
20,806 Top 6% higher than 94% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Perla's all-time total is 55x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Perla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20,806 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,109 | 21 | 19,840 |
Perla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Perla's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 95% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 5%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 1,109, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Perla popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 1,109
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Perla popularity over time - boys
30 total births recorded since 1986 (Perla as boys' name)
Perla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (7,485 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Perla's strongest decade.
7,485 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Perla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s 49
1920s
49 births
- 1930s 51
1930s
51 births
- 1940s 63
1940s
63 births
- 1950s 150
1950s
150 births
- 1960s 279
1960s
279 births
- 1970s 776
1970s
776 births
- 1980s 1,991
1980s
1,991 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,586 births
- 2000s
2000s
7,485 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,203 births
- 2020s 1,166
2020s
1,166 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 7,485 births (36% of all-time use).
How Perla compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Perla's total volume
Perla by state
Where Perla concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6,542 | 31.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5,290 | 25.4% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 892 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 765 | 3.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 639 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 623 | 3.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 492 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 425 | 2.0% |
6,542 of 20,806 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Perla appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Perla's data
- Perla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (7,485 total births); usage has since declined to 1,166 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Perlas (6,542 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Perla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Perla 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.