How Many People Are Named Perlita?
people named Perlita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,135,497 people in the US has this name
Based on 310 babies named Perlita in Social Security records from 1972 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
20 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of PERLA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Perlita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Perlita alive today is about 36 years old, and 74% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 29 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Perlita first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 1983, to 20 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Perlita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,910, in 1983.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,910 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,736 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Perlita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Perlita were born in California than in any other state: about 86 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Perlita was given about 5.6 times as often in California.
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