Perla — #1308 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Perla

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,669 babies named Perla between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Perla currently holds the #1308 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 1,109 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Perla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 7,485 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Perla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,514 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Perla in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Perla 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 20,669 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.