Perla
Perla is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 175 births. Its best rank was 282nd, in 2003.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1750.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 20031,109 births
- Best rank
- #282in 2003
- Since 1918
- 20,669people given the name
The story in the numbers
20,669 girls have been named Perla in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 1,109 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 36%. It has spent 40 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Perla | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | |
| 1920s | 49 | |
| 1930s | 51 | |
| 1940s | 63 | |
| 1950s | 150 | |
| 1960s | 279 | |
| 1970s | 776 | |
| 1980s | 1,991 | |
| 1990s | 4,584 | |
| 2000s | 7,485 | |
| 2010s | 4,203 | |
| 2020s | 1,031 |
In 2003, its biggest year
Perla was the 282nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2003 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Hannah and Olivia. See all of 2003.
Names that rose and fell with Perla
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lizethpeak 2004
- Kylapeak 2004
- Meraripeak 2004
- Krislynpeak 2003
- Kailipeak 2003
- Jaciepeak 2005
- Kendalpeak 2004
- Johanapeak 2005
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.