How Many People Are Named Perl?
people named Perl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 564,001 people in the US has this name
Based on 701 babies named Perl in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
35 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Perl (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Perl alive today is about 14 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Perl first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 2023, to 35 babies. In 2025, 32 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Perl has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,168, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #4,435. Among boys, its best rank was #1,010, in 1883.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,435 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,168 (2023) | #1,010 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,988 in the 2010s | #3,405 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Perl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Perl were born in New York than in any other state: about 381 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Perl was given about 15.5 times as often in New York.
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