Perlie is a rare variant of Perla that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Perlie is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1960. Perlie was first reported in SSA data in 1889 and peaked in 1922 (22 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8 | — | #5,075 | — |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #6,659 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,909 | — |
| 1949 | 8 | — | #4,150 | — |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #5,831 | — |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #4,667 | — |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #3,913 | — |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #3,935 | — |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #3,617 | — |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #3,433 | — |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #5,206 | — |
| 1941 | 14 | — | #2,361 | — |
| 1940 | 7 | — | #3,770 | — |
| 1939 | 10 | — | #2,884 | — |
| 1938 | 12 | — | #2,547 | — |
| 1937 | 13 | — | #2,424 | — |
| 1936 | 12 | — | #3,636 | #3,940 |
| 1935 | 12 | — | #3,674 | #4,030 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | #2,697 | — |
| 1933 | 15 | — | #2,831 | #4,038 |
| 1932 | 13 | — | #2,465 | — |
| 1931 | 14 | — | #2,285 | — |
| 1930 | 10 | — | #3,010 | — |
| 1929 | 17 | — | #3,337 | #3,184 |
| 1928 | 24 | — | #2,080 | #4,039 |
| 1927 | 22 | — | #1,873 | — |
| 1926 | 21 | — | #1,918 | — |
| 1925 | 26 | — | #2,175 | #3,328 |
| 1924 | 17 | — | #2,293 | — |
| 1923 | 19 | — | #2,694 | #4,140 |
| 1922 | 29 | — | #1,883 | #3,785 |
| 1921 | 17 | — | #2,265 | — |
| 1920 | 18 | — | #2,152 | — |
| 1919 | 20 | — | #2,358 | #4,648 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | #2,980 | — |
| 1917 | 15 | — | #3,036 | #4,439 |
| 1916 | 15 | — | #2,221 | — |
| 1915 | 14 | — | #4,159 | #3,006 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | #2,590 | — |
| 1913 | 11 | — | #3,110 | #3,151 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,581 | — |
| 1911 | 8 | — | #1,924 | — |
| 1910 | 13 | — | #1,320 | — |
| 1909 | 10 | — | #1,455 | — |
| 1908 | 8 | — | #1,650 | — |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,660 | — |
| 1904 | 7 | — | #1,624 | — |
| 1903 | 7 | — | #1,553 | — |
| 1900 | 9 | — | #1,407 | — |
| 1898 | 8 | — | #1,356 | — |
| 1896 | 9 | — | #1,193 | — |
| 1894 | 6 | — | #1,458 | — |
| 1892 | 6 | — | #1,415 | — |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,496 | — |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #1,445 | — |