How Many People Are Named Pearlene?
people named Pearlene are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 426,697 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,958 babies named Pearlene in Social Security records from 1906 to 1978, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
64 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Pearlene in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Pearlene alive today is about 76 years old, and 96% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 70 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Pearlene first appears in the records in 1906 and was given most often in 1938, to 64 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1978.
Babies given the name each year, 1906 to 1978
🏆 Rank History
Pearlene has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #885, in 1934 and 1938.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #885 (1934 and 1938) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,014 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Pearlene alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Pearlene were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 51 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Pearlene was given 8.3 times as often in Mississippi, 7.9 times in Arkansas and 5.4 times in North Carolina.
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