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How popular is the name Pearl?
Births per year, rank history and how many Pearls are alive today.
Pearl (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 258th in 2025 with 180 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2017, when 234 babies were given the name, the 221st most popular that year. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
The Pearl you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Pearls born in England and Wales are between 5 and 16, and there are at least 3,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Pearl.
How many babies are named Pearl each year?
Where does Pearl rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Pearl most popular?
Pearl peaked in 2017, when 234 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Pearl?
At least 3,800 people named Pearl born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Pearl?
Most living Pearls are between 5 and 16; the most common age is about 8.
Is Pearl becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.