Pernie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Pernie

The Social Security Administration has registered 378 babies named Pernie between 1883 and 1943, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pernie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1943. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pernie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Pernie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pernie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pernie 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 378 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.