Girls' name · since 1904
Pernella
Pernella has 99 recorded births since 1904 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1925 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,251 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 99
- born since 1904
- 1910s
- peak decade
Pernella sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 99 recorded since 1904.
Pernella has 99 recorded births among girls since 1904, 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 1904 to 1964.
- #27,251 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 99 born since 1904
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pernella ranks #27,251 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 99 born since 1904, peaking in the 1910s.
- #27,251 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 99
- born since 1904
- 1910s
- peak decade
Pernella's 99 recorded births place it above 62.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pernella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Pernella's SSA record in two at 1921 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1904, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1925 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Pernella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1904–1964
- Peak year (1925)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Pernella by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (37 births, 37% of the file).
1910s was Pernella's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Pernella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s
1910s
37 births
- 1920s
1920s
30 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 37 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Pernella's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 1960s (16) -- 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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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, 1904–1964 (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 Pernella 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.