Masculine dossier · first seen 1915

Pernell

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1964

Peak era

1964

Peak rank proxy

178

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1915Peak 19642024

Peak year

1964

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

3,031

Pernell 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 1964, when 178 boys were named Pernell.

No boys 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 3,031 Americans have been named Pernell and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1915.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1964

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