Unisex name · since 1886
Perle
243 babies named Perle in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,871 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 243
- born since 1886
- 1910s
- peak decade
Perle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 243 recorded since 1886.
Perle has 243 recorded births among girls since 1886, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1886 to 1935.
- #17,871 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 243 born since 1886
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Perle ranks #17,871 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 243 born since 1886, peaking in the 1910s.
- #17,871 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 243
- born since 1886
- 1910s
- peak decade
Perle's 243 recorded births place it above 75.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Perle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Perle splits its recorded history at 1911: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1886 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Perle popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–1935
- Peak year (1916)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Perle popularity over time - boys
86 total births recorded since 1885 (Perle as boys' name)
Perle by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (84 births, 35% of the file).
1910s was Perle's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Perle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 22
1880s
22 births
- 1890s 29
1890s
29 births
- 1900s
1900s
41 births
- 1910s
1910s
84 births
- 1920s
1920s
55 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 84 births (35% of all-time use).
Perle by state
Where Perle concentrates geographically, total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 243 births nationwide.
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- Perle's decade-level peak was the 1910s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Perles (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Perle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1886–1935 (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 Perle 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.