How Many People Are Named Pearlie?
people named Pearlie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 62,632 people in the US has this name
Based on 18,828 babies named Pearlie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
411 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of PEARL.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Pearlie, 97.8% were girls and 2.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Pearlie alive today is about 75 years old, and 91% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 69 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Pearlie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1928, to 411 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Pearlie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #263, in 1887.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #263 (1887) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #358 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Pearlie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Pearlie were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 909 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Pearlie was given 8.1 times as often in Mississippi, 5.2 times in Alabama and 4.3 times in Arkansas.
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