The name Pearl is of English origin, and means pearl.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Pearl has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Pearl
Use of the Name Pearl for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
148,234
7,127
1,206
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Pearl has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Pearl last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1986, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Pearl
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
47
569
197
62
1881
38
641
213
52
1882
33
824
216
58
1883
29
886
200
57
1884
25
1,138
212
62
1885
26
1,146
212
57
1886
29
1,204
186
73
1887
25
1,316
191
64
1888
26
1,591
213
69
1889
24
1,587
230
50
1890
24
1,741
245
48
1891
27
1,605
304
31
1892
26
1,831
296
39
1893
26
1,796
219
62
1894
28
1,789
234
55
1895
26
1,958
267
45
1896
25
2,101
310
37
1897
25
2,076
267
44
1898
26
2,158
303
39
1899
27
1,999
334
29
1900
24
2,512
337
42
1901
31
1,866
283
38
1902
28
2,099
334
35
1903
27
2,046
316
36
1904
30
2,015
376
30
1905
31
2,107
401
29
1906
35
2,034
362
34
1907
35
2,107
372
37
1908
39
2,076
393
36
1909
40
2,041
375
41
1910
39
2,172
613
23
1911
48
2,068
521
33
1912
54
2,524
553
53
1913
55
2,745
515
70
1914
56
3,213
679
57
1915
56
3,965
585
96
1916
57
4,078
722
70
1917
57
4,227
646
86
1918
56
4,522
623
98
1919
56
4,277
612
99
1920
62
4,204
666
92
1921
65
4,164
718
85
1922
71
3,845
744
79
1923
78
3,542
723
82
1924
78
3,644
711
86
1925
90
3,210
805
68
1926
95
2,896
774
71
1927
102
2,716
729
80
1928
110
2,368
710
81
1929
114
2,171
730
74
1930
121
2,065
795
66
1931
137
1,643
779
65
1932
138
1,623
986
45
1933
143
1,384
884
50
1934
154
1,337
1935
167
1,186
889
51
1936
172
1,120
993
41
1937
187
1,020
951
44
1938
189
1,006
958
44
1939
197
903
896
49
1940
197
906
1941
212
830
1942
191
1,091
1943
225
873
1944
238
753
1945
263
662
1946
279
679
1947
296
706
1948
290
695
1949
324
572
1950
320
589
1951
347
531
1952
363
519
1953
377
512
1954
390
492
1955
407
463
1956
420
469
1957
448
442
1958
480
391
1959
522
347
1960
505
369
1961
523
346
1962
510
363
1963
589
285
1964
587
285
1965
596
260
1966
701
195
1967
738
176
1968
761
171
1969
882
143
1970
841
161
1971
846
163
1972
808
168
1973
889
142
1974
873
149
1975
899
147
1976
916
143
1977
1978
1979
999
143
1980
897
168
1981
851
183
1982
833
188
1983
895
170
1984
888
168
1985
944
166
1986
967
163
Totals:
148,234
3,329
During the last 125 years, parents have used Pearl as a girl's name about 97% of the time and less frequently (about 2% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Pearl appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 105 times during the last 125 years.