Girls' name · since 1915
Perlean
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 25 babies named Perlean, peaking in 1915. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #43,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1915
- 1940s
- peak decade
Perlean sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 25 recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Perlean recorded 25 times among girls since 1915, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1946.
- #43,312 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 1915
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Perlean ranks #43,312 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1915, peaking in the 1940s.
- #43,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1915
- 1940s
- peak decade
Perlean's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Perlean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Perlean's SSA record in two at 1932 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded.
Perlean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1946
- Peak year (1915)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Perlean by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (10 births, 40% of the file).
1940s was Perlean's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Perlean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 10 births (40% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Perlean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1915–1946 (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 Perlean 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.