Pearl was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #24 in 1889 but is far less common today.
Pearl is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #777 for girl births in the United States (and #1,514 across all names), given to 350 babies. Pearl was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (4,521 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 350 | 350 | #777 | — |
| 2024 | 351 | 351 | #804 | — |
| 2023 | 351 | 351 | #800 | — |
| 2022 | 382 | 382 | #756 | — |
| 2021 | 385 | 385 | #742 | — |
| 2020 | 351 | 351 | #777 | — |
| 2019 | 387 | 387 | #730 | — |
| 2018 | 460 | 460 | #645 | — |
| 2017 | 455 | 455 | #653 | — |
| 2016 | 549 | 549 | #567 | — |
| 2015 | 461 | 461 | #624 | — |
| 2014 | 454 | 454 | #629 | — |
| 2013 | 424 | 424 | #673 | — |
| 2012 | 368 | 368 | #756 | — |
| 2011 | 335 | 335 | #807 | — |
| 2010 | 267 | 267 | #961 | — |
| 2009 | 269 | 269 | #985 | — |
| 2008 | 259 | 259 | #1,017 | — |
| 2007 | 269 | 269 | #994 | — |
| 2006 | 245 | 245 | #1,048 | — |
| 2005 | 190 | 190 | #1,206 | — |
| 2004 | 196 | 196 | #1,160 | — |
| 2003 | 203 | 203 | #1,091 | — |
| 2002 | 199 | 199 | #1,071 | — |
| 2001 | 208 | 208 | #1,036 | — |
| 2000 | 200 | 200 | #1,047 | — |
| 1999 | 162 | 162 | #1,194 | — |
| 1998 | 164 | 164 | #1,154 | — |
| 1997 | 138 | — | #1,280 | — |
| 1996 | 175 | — | #1,062 | — |
| 1995 | 159 | — | #1,119 | — |
| 1994 | 124 | — | #1,352 | — |
| 1993 | 156 | — | #1,139 | — |
| 1992 | 157 | — | #1,130 | — |
| 1991 | 142 | — | #1,218 | — |
| 1990 | 131 | — | #1,256 | — |
| 1989 | 140 | — | #1,175 | — |
| 1988 | 148 | — | #1,071 | — |
| 1987 | 141 | — | #1,087 | — |
| 1986 | 162 | — | #978 | — |
| 1985 | 165 | — | #946 | — |
| 1984 | 169 | — | #888 | — |
| 1983 | 177 | — | #883 | #7,025 |
| 1982 | 190 | — | #828 | — |
| 1981 | 184 | — | #848 | — |
| 1980 | 174 | — | #901 | #6,042 |
| 1979 | 143 | — | #1,002 | — |
| 1978 | 132 | — | #1,035 | — |
| 1977 | 130 | — | #1,064 | #4,978 |
| 1976 | 149 | — | #919 | #5,432 |
| 1975 | 148 | — | #894 | — |
| 1974 | 148 | — | #880 | — |
| 1973 | 148 | — | #889 | #4,925 |
| 1972 | 174 | — | #807 | #4,826 |
| 1971 | 172 | — | #846 | #3,586 |
| 1970 | 161 | — | #842 | — |
| 1969 | 148 | — | #879 | #4,853 |
| 1968 | 172 | — | #759 | — |
| 1967 | 184 | — | #742 | #2,927 |
| 1966 | 207 | — | #702 | #2,426 |
| 1965 | 267 | — | #601 | #3,180 |
| 1964 | 294 | — | #587 | #2,795 |
| 1963 | 291 | — | #590 | #3,570 |
| 1962 | 364 | — | #510 | — |
| 1961 | 356 | — | #525 | #2,843 |
| 1960 | 379 | — | #505 | #3,575 |
| 1959 | 361 | — | #518 | #2,627 |
| 1958 | 401 | — | #483 | #2,339 |
| 1957 | 461 | — | #447 | #1,937 |
| 1956 | 484 | — | #421 | #2,073 |
| 1955 | 492 | — | #406 | #1,499 |
| 1954 | 508 | — | #388 | #2,027 |
| 1953 | 533 | — | #376 | #1,943 |
| 1952 | 528 | — | #363 | #2,348 |
| 1951 | 541 | — | #348 | #2,621 |
| 1950 | 606 | — | #320 | #1,796 |
| 1949 | 595 | — | #323 | #1,696 |
| 1948 | 709 | — | #290 | #1,749 |
| 1947 | 744 | — | #293 | #1,333 |
| 1946 | 699 | — | #285 | #1,548 |
| 1945 | 681 | — | #265 | #1,290 |
| 1944 | 785 | — | #238 | #1,252 |
| 1943 | 922 | — | #223 | #1,034 |
| 1942 | 1,134 | — | #191 | #1,049 |
| 1941 | 855 | — | #212 | #1,574 |
| 1940 | 936 | — | #197 | #1,271 |
| 1939 | 952 | — | #197 | #882 |
| 1938 | 1,049 | — | #189 | #959 |
| 1937 | 1,069 | — | #187 | #941 |
| 1936 | 1,160 | — | #172 | #1,007 |
| 1935 | 1,240 | — | #167 | #868 |
| 1934 | 1,376 | — | #154 | #1,072 |
| 1933 | 1,434 | — | #143 | #884 |
| 1932 | 1,663 | — | #138 | #990 |
| 1931 | 1,713 | — | #137 | #781 |
| 1930 | 2,136 | — | #121 | #791 |
| 1929 | 2,245 | — | #114 | #740 |
| 1928 | 2,448 | — | #110 | #707 |
| 1927 | 2,798 | — | #102 | #730 |
| 1926 | 2,970 | — | #96 | #774 |
| 1925 | 3,281 | — | #90 | #807 |
| 1924 | 3,720 | — | #78 | #721 |
| 1923 | 3,626 | — | #78 | #717 |
| 1922 | 3,926 | — | #71 | #752 |
| 1921 | 4,261 | — | #65 | #706 |
| 1920 | 4,295 | — | #62 | #672 |
| 1919 | 4,371 | — | #56 | #613 |
| 1918 | 4,622 | — | #56 | #613 |
| 1917 | 4,316 | — | #57 | #654 |
| 1916 | 4,143 | — | #57 | #721 |
| 1915 | 4,073 | — | #56 | #579 |
| 1914 | 3,280 | — | #56 | #676 |
| 1913 | 2,826 | — | #55 | #517 |
| 1912 | 2,581 | — | #54 | #554 |
| 1911 | 2,108 | — | #48 | #521 |
| 1910 | 2,200 | — | #39 | #614 |
| 1909 | 2,089 | — | #40 | #375 |
| 1908 | 2,111 | — | #39 | #393 |
| 1907 | 2,145 | — | #35 | #372 |
| 1906 | 2,069 | — | #35 | #360 |
| 1905 | 2,137 | — | #31 | #401 |
| 1904 | 2,045 | — | #30 | #376 |
| 1903 | 2,082 | — | #27 | #316 |
| 1902 | 2,135 | — | #28 | #334 |
| 1901 | 1,904 | — | #31 | #283 |
| 1900 | 2,553 | — | #24 | #342 |
| 1899 | 2,028 | — | #27 | #334 |
| 1898 | 2,197 | — | #26 | #303 |
| 1897 | 2,120 | — | #25 | #267 |
| 1896 | 2,138 | — | #25 | #310 |
| 1895 | 2,003 | — | #26 | #267 |
| 1894 | 1,844 | — | #28 | #234 |
| 1893 | 1,858 | — | #26 | #219 |
| 1892 | 1,870 | — | #26 | #296 |
| 1891 | 1,636 | — | #27 | #304 |
| 1890 | 1,789 | — | #24 | #245 |
| 1889 | 1,638 | — | #24 | #230 |
| 1888 | 1,660 | — | #26 | #213 |
| 1887 | 1,380 | — | #25 | #191 |
| 1886 | 1,277 | — | #29 | #186 |
| 1885 | 1,203 | — | #26 | #212 |
| 1884 | 1,200 | — | #25 | #212 |
| 1883 | 943 | — | #29 | #200 |
| 1882 | 882 | — | #33 | #216 |
| 1881 | 693 | — | #38 | #213 |
| 1880 | 631 | — | #47 | #196 |