Girls' name · since 1922
Perlena
12 babies named Perlena in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #52,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
Perlena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 12 recorded since 1922.
Social Security Administration records show Perlena recorded 12 times among girls since 1922, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1929.
- #52,201 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1922
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Perlena ranks #52,201 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1922, peaking in the 1920s.
- #52,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
Perlena's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Perlena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Perlena's SSA record in two at 1929 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1922, with only 6 births recorded.
Perlena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1929
- Peak year (1922)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Perlena by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).
1920s was Perlena's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Perlena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Perlena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1922–1929 (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 Perlena 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.