Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Pearl

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Pearl
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.3% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

4,521

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

92.3%

2024

350

All-time

158,735

Pearl once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 4,521 girls were named Pearl.

In 2024, only 350 girls were given the name.

Down 92.3% from its peak.

All told, about 158,735 Americans have been named Pearl and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.3% from peak

19184,521 girls named Pearl

2024350 girls named Pearl

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