Girls' name · since 1914
Pirl
Pirl has 15 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1914 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #50,094 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
15 girls have been named Pirl since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Pirl has 15 recorded births among girls since 1914, 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 1914 to 1927.
- #50,094 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1914
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pirl ranks #50,094 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1914, peaking in the 1910s.
- #50,094 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
Pirl's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pirl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pirl splits its recorded history at 1918: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births).
Pirl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1927
- Peak year (1914)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Pirl by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1910s was Pirl's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Pirl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
10 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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What to do with Pirl's data
- Pirl's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 1920s (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 Pirl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~13 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, 1914–1927 (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 Pirl 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.