Perlita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Perlita

The Social Security Administration has registered 310 babies named Perlita between 1972 and 2021, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Perlita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Perlita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Perlita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 89 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Perlita in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Perlita 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 310 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.