Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Pearlie

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1937

Peak era

1937

Peak rank proxy

390

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19372024

Peak year

1937

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

18,129

Pearlie is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1937, when 390 girls were named Pearlie.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 18,129 Americans have been named Pearlie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1937

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