Perla is an established variant of Pearl that peaked in 2003 and has since faded.
Perla is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,590 for girl births in the United States (and #2,936 across all names), given to 132 babies. Perla was first reported in SSA data in 1918 and peaked in 2003 (1,109 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 | 132 | #1,590 | — |
| 2024 | 176 | 181 | #1,311 | — |
| 2023 | 203 | 203 | #1,183 | — |
| 2022 | 208 | 208 | #1,165 | — |
| 2021 | 198 | 198 | #1,208 | — |
| 2020 | 249 | 249 | #1,013 | — |
| 2019 | 236 | 246 | #1,072 | — |
| 2018 | 289 | 300 | #927 | — |
| 2017 | 345 | 356 | #795 | — |
| 2016 | 407 | 420 | #705 | — |
| 2015 | 443 | 462 | #648 | — |
| 2014 | 441 | 461 | #648 | — |
| 2013 | 423 | 437 | #674 | — |
| 2012 | 690 | 712 | #452 | — |
| 2011 | 444 | 462 | #644 | — |
| 2010 | 485 | 502 | #607 | — |
| 2009 | 581 | 592 | #524 | — |
| 2008 | 662 | 678 | #479 | — |
| 2007 | 803 | 836 | #406 | — |
| 2006 | 843 | 864 | #385 | — |
| 2005 | 865 | 888 | #365 | — |
| 2004 | 878 | 901 | #361 | — |
| 2003 | 1,109 | 1,140 | #282 | — |
| 2002 | 701 | 722 | #414 | — |
| 2001 | 533 | 553 | #510 | — |
| 2000 | 510 | 540 | #519 | — |
| 1999 | 472 | 514 | #537 | — |
| 1998 | 522 | 548 | #488 | — |
| 1997 | 480 | — | #507 | — |
| 1996 | 490 | — | #495 | #10,132 |
| 1995 | 502 | — | #491 | — |
| 1994 | 489 | — | #518 | #7,540 |
| 1993 | 478 | — | #514 | — |
| 1992 | 409 | — | #570 | — |
| 1991 | 408 | — | #579 | #6,372 |
| 1990 | 361 | — | #630 | #9,136 |
| 1989 | 267 | — | #736 | — |
| 1988 | 222 | — | #822 | — |
| 1987 | 216 | — | #814 | — |
| 1986 | 232 | — | #763 | #7,534 |
| 1985 | 204 | — | #808 | — |
| 1984 | 210 | — | #770 | — |
| 1983 | 166 | — | #908 | — |
| 1982 | 158 | — | #946 | — |
| 1981 | 155 | — | #953 | — |
| 1980 | 166 | — | #911 | — |
| 1979 | 144 | — | #992 | — |
| 1978 | 108 | — | #1,173 | — |
| 1977 | 84 | — | #1,354 | — |
| 1976 | 87 | — | #1,279 | — |
| 1975 | 76 | — | #1,396 | — |
| 1974 | 70 | — | #1,442 | — |
| 1973 | 63 | — | #1,506 | — |
| 1972 | 67 | — | #1,451 | — |
| 1971 | 44 | — | #1,958 | — |
| 1970 | 33 | — | #2,341 | — |
| 1969 | 28 | — | #2,492 | — |
| 1968 | 41 | — | #1,873 | — |
| 1967 | 24 | — | #2,539 | — |
| 1966 | 29 | — | #2,235 | — |
| 1965 | 21 | — | #2,729 | — |
| 1964 | 29 | — | #2,291 | — |
| 1963 | 27 | — | #2,346 | — |
| 1962 | 33 | — | #2,063 | — |
| 1961 | 27 | — | #2,343 | — |
| 1960 | 20 | — | #2,794 | — |
| 1959 | 15 | — | #3,217 | — |
| 1958 | 25 | — | #2,299 | — |
| 1957 | 17 | — | #2,902 | — |
| 1956 | 13 | — | #3,457 | — |
| 1955 | 12 | — | #3,523 | — |
| 1954 | 16 | — | #2,865 | — |
| 1953 | 22 | — | #2,278 | — |
| 1952 | 13 | — | #3,158 | — |
| 1951 | 8 | — | #4,289 | — |
| 1950 | 9 | — | #3,882 | — |
| 1949 | 10 | — | #3,564 | — |
| 1948 | 13 | — | #2,938 | — |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #3,646 | — |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #5,525 | — |
| 1945 | 9 | — | #3,332 | — |
| 1944 | 10 | — | #3,099 | — |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #4,515 | — |
| 1939 | 7 | — | #3,711 | — |
| 1938 | 11 | — | #2,696 | — |
| 1936 | 9 | — | #3,047 | — |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #4,109 | — |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #4,820 | — |
| 1931 | 8 | — | #3,424 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #5,100 | — |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #5,135 | — |
| 1927 | 6 | — | #4,692 | — |
| 1926 | 8 | — | #3,822 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | — | #4,352 | — |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,852 | — |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,895 | — |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,969 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #5,602 | — |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #4,190 | — |