Pearlene
Pearlene is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 885th, in 1934, 1938.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193864 births
- Best rank
- #885first in 1934
- Since 1906
- 1,958people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,958 girls have been named Pearlene in the United States since 1906, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1938, with 64 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 64 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1939, and the 1930s alone account for 25%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1938, its biggest year
Pearlene was the 885th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1938 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Betty and Shirley. See all of 1938.
Names that rose and fell with Pearlene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Earleanpeak 1932
- Neldapeak 1938
- Arlenepeak 1934
- Tommyepeak 1942
- Blondellpeak 1934
- Verdellpeak 1932
- Phyllispeak 1947
- Earnestinepeak 1944
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.