How Many People Are Named Pearly?
people named Pearly are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 608,158 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,897 babies named Pearly in Social Security records from 1884 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
61 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Pearly, 93.7% were girls and 6.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 84.7% of the babies were girls then and 89.1% in the 1950s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Pearly alive today is about 73 years old, and 91% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 68 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Pearly first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1924, to 61 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Pearly has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #839, in 1884. Among boys, its best rank was #2,301, in 1941.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #839 (1884) | #2,301 (1941) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,288 in the 1920s | #3,056 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Pearly alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Pearly were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 52 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Pearly was given about 22.7 times as often in Louisiana.
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