Is Pearl a boy or girl name?
Pearl is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 350 girls and 0 boys were named Pearl, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 97.6% of the 162,657 US babies named Pearl were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #802
- Babies named Pearl since 1880
- 162,657
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 4,622 babies
Boys and girls named Pearl, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 604 | 10,903 | 94.8% |
| 1890s | 429 | 19,054 | 97.8% |
| 1900s | 357 | 20,913 | 98.3% |
| 1910s | 686 | 33,834 | 98% |
| 1920s | 796 | 32,774 | 97.6% |
| 1930s | 497 | 13,295 | 96.4% |
| 1940s | 282 | 7,778 | 96.5% |
| 1950s | 158 | 4,757 | 96.8% |
| 1960s | 68 | 2,594 | 97.4% |
| 1970s | 34 | 1,471 | 97.7% |
| 1980s | 11 | 1,638 | 99.3% |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,508 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,238 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 4,159 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 1,819 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 350 | #802 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 351 | #800 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 382 | #756 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 385 | #741 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 351 | #776 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 387 | #729 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 459 | #645 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 455 | #653 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 549 | #567 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 461 | #624 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 454 | #629 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 424 | #673 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 368 | #755 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 335 | #807 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 267 | #961 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 269 | #985 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 259 | #1,017 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 269 | #994 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 245 | #1,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 190 | #1,206 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 196 | #1,160 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 203 | #1,091 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 199 | #1,071 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 208 | #1,036 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 200 | #1,047 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 162 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 164 | #1,154 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 138 | #1,280 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 175 | #1,062 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 159 | #1,119 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 124 | #1,352 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 156 | #1,139 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 157 | #1,130 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 142 | #1,218 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 131 | #1,256 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 140 | #1,174 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 148 | #1,071 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 141 | #1,087 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 162 | #978 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 165 | #946 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 169 | #888 |
| 1983 | 5 | #7,025 | 171 | #886 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 190 | #828 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 184 | #848 |
| 1980 | 6 | #6,042 | 168 | #901 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 143 | #1,002 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 132 | #1,035 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,978 | 123 | #1,064 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,432 | 143 | #917 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 148 | #894 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 148 | #880 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,925 | 142 | #889 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,824 | 168 | #807 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,586 | 163 | #846 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 161 | #842 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,854 | 143 | #879 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 172 | #759 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,927 | 175 | #742 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,426 | 195 | #702 |
| 1965 | 8 | #3,179 | 259 | #601 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,794 | 284 | #587 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,569 | 284 | #590 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 364 | #510 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,844 | 346 | #525 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,576 | 372 | #505 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,627 | 350 | #518 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,340 | 388 | #483 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,937 | 443 | #447 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,073 | 468 | #421 |
| 1955 | 27 | #1,499 | 465 | #406 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,027 | 492 | #388 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,944 | 516 | #376 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,348 | 516 | #363 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,621 | 531 | #348 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,796 | 588 | #320 |
| 1949 | 20 | #1,696 | 575 | #323 |
| 1948 | 19 | #1,749 | 690 | #290 |
| 1947 | 31 | #1,333 | 713 | #293 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,548 | 677 | #285 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,290 | 654 | #265 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,252 | 756 | #238 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,034 | 879 | #223 |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,049 | 1,092 | #191 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,573 | 835 | #212 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,271 | 907 | #197 |
| 1939 | 50 | #882 | 902 | #197 |
| 1938 | 44 | #959 | 1,005 | #189 |
| 1937 | 45 | #941 | 1,024 | #187 |
| 1936 | 40 | #1,007 | 1,120 | #172 |
| 1935 | 53 | #868 | 1,187 | #167 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,072 | 1,338 | #154 |
| 1933 | 50 | #884 | 1,384 | #143 |
| 1932 | 45 | #990 | 1,618 | #138 |
| 1931 | 65 | #781 | 1,648 | #137 |
| 1930 | 67 | #791 | 2,069 | #121 |
| 1929 | 73 | #740 | 2,172 | #114 |
| 1928 | 81 | #707 | 2,367 | #110 |
| 1927 | 80 | #729 | 2,718 | #102 |
| 1926 | 71 | #774 | 2,899 | #96 |
| 1925 | 68 | #807 | 3,213 | #90 |
| 1924 | 85 | #721 | 3,635 | #78 |
| 1923 | 83 | #717 | 3,543 | #78 |
| 1922 | 78 | #752 | 3,848 | #71 |
| 1921 | 86 | #706 | 4,175 | #65 |
| 1920 | 91 | #672 | 4,204 | #62 |
| 1919 | 98 | #613 | 4,273 | #56 |
| 1918 | 101 | #613 | 4,521 | #56 |
| 1917 | 84 | #654 | 4,232 | #57 |
| 1916 | 70 | #721 | 4,073 | #57 |
| 1915 | 97 | #579 | 3,976 | #56 |
| 1914 | 57 | #676 | 3,223 | #56 |
| 1913 | 70 | #517 | 2,756 | #55 |
| 1912 | 53 | #554 | 2,528 | #54 |
| 1911 | 33 | #521 | 2,075 | #48 |
| 1910 | 23 | #614 | 2,177 | #39 |
| 1909 | 41 | #375 | 2,048 | #40 |
| 1908 | 36 | #393 | 2,075 | #39 |
| 1907 | 37 | #372 | 2,108 | #35 |
| 1906 | 34 | #360 | 2,035 | #35 |
| 1905 | 29 | #401 | 2,108 | #31 |
| 1904 | 30 | #376 | 2,015 | #30 |
| 1903 | 36 | #316 | 2,046 | #27 |
| 1902 | 35 | #334 | 2,100 | #28 |
| 1901 | 38 | #283 | 1,866 | #31 |
| 1900 | 41 | #342 | 2,512 | #24 |
| 1899 | 29 | #334 | 1,999 | #27 |
| 1898 | 39 | #303 | 2,158 | #26 |
| 1897 | 44 | #267 | 2,076 | #25 |
| 1896 | 37 | #310 | 2,101 | #25 |
| 1895 | 45 | #267 | 1,958 | #26 |
| 1894 | 55 | #234 | 1,789 | #28 |
| 1893 | 62 | #219 | 1,796 | #26 |
| 1892 | 39 | #296 | 1,831 | #26 |
| 1891 | 31 | #304 | 1,605 | #27 |
| 1890 | 48 | #245 | 1,741 | #24 |
| 1889 | 50 | #230 | 1,588 | #24 |
| 1888 | 69 | #213 | 1,591 | #26 |
| 1887 | 64 | #191 | 1,316 | #25 |
| 1886 | 73 | #186 | 1,204 | #29 |
| 1885 | 57 | #212 | 1,146 | #26 |
| 1884 | 62 | #212 | 1,138 | #25 |
| 1883 | 57 | #200 | 886 | #29 |
| 1882 | 58 | #216 | 824 | #33 |
| 1881 | 52 | #213 | 641 | #38 |
| 1880 | 62 | #196 | 569 | #47 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Pearl reached #186 in 1886. As a girl name, it reached #24 in 1889. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Pearl
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.