Masterpiece Generator Name Generator
How popular is the name Perl?
Births per year, rank history and how many Perls are alive today.
Perl (female), a spelling of Pearl, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2020 (ranked 5493rd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2017, when 4 babies were given the name, the 4763rd most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, 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 Perl each year?
Includes all spellings: Perl, Pearl. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Perl spelling rank?
Where does the Pearl spelling rank?
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 Perl most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Pearl, peaked in 2017, when 238 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Perl spelling itself peaked in 2017, with 4 babies.
How many people are called Perl?
At least 3,800 people named Perl in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Perl?
Most living Perls are between 5 and 16; the most common age is about 8.
Is Perl becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.