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How popular is the name Pearly?

Births per year, rank history and how many Pearlies are alive today.

Pearly (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3333rd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Pearly you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Pearlies born in England and Wales are between 1 and 7, and there are at least 26 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Pearly - on average, only one in every 12,116 such rooms contains a Pearly.

How many babies are named Pearly each year?

024620202017: 42021: 32024: 32025: 7actual

Where does Pearly rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,00020202017: ranked 4,7632021: ranked 5,5812024: ranked 5,8922025: ranked 3,333

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.

Chart: babies named Pearly per year in England and Wales, 2017 to 2025, peaking at about 7 in 2025
Pearly: births per year in England and Wales, 2017-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Pearly most popular?

Pearly peaked in 2025, when 7 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Pearly?

At least 26 people named Pearly born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Pearly?

Most living Pearlies are between 1 and 7; the most common age is about 2.

Is Pearly becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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