Girls' name · since 1892
Perlina
38 babies named Perlina in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,275 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1892
- 1920s
- peak decade
Perlina is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 38 have been recorded since 1892.
Perlina has 38 recorded births among girls since 1892, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 1943.
- #38,275 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 38 born since 1892
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Perlina ranks #38,275 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1892, peaking in the 1920s.
- #38,275 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1892
- 1920s
- peak decade
Perlina's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Perlina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Perlina's full recorded timeline at 1920, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1892, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Perlina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–1943
- Peak year (1920)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Perlina by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (13 births, 34% of the file).
1920s was Perlina's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Perlina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
10 births
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
13 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 13 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Perlina's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 1940s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Perlina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1892–1943 (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 Perlina 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.