Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Pearlie

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1937

Peak era

1937

Peak births

390

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19372025

Quick answers about Pearlie

An estimated 5,016 living Americans are named Pearlie.

Pearlie fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Pearlie is approximately 77 years, with most bearers falling between 69 and 84 years old.

Not especially. Pearlie has been declining since its 1937 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1937

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

18,129

Pearlie last appeared in SSA records in 2023. Across its recorded history, about 18,129 American girls received the name.

Pearlie peaked in 1937, when 390 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 18,129 Americans named Pearlie since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1937

Living profile

5,016

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age77

Core range69–84

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.