Pernella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Pernella

The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Pernella between 1904 and 1964, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pernella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pernella performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Pernella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pernella 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 99 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.