NameTides

Pearl

Pearl was the #776 girls' name in the US in 2025 (350 babies), and #258 in England & Wales and #708 in Canada.

Pearl as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Pearl as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Pearl as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#776 (350)#258 (180)——#273 (15)#708 (42)
2024#801 (351)#238 (203)#351 (9)#253 (6)#372 (10)#734 (40)
2023#800 (351)#232 (199)#630 (4)—#247 (16)#469 (62)
2022#754 (382)#248 (192)#380 (8)—#237 (18)#679 (41)
2021#740 (385)#238 (210)#558 (5)#350 (4)#204 (23)#655 (45)
2020#776 (351)#271 (177)#544 (5)—#207 (22)#576 (50)
2019#729 (387)#218 (225)#406 (8)#424 (3)#215 (23)#719 (41)
2018#644 (460)#246 (206)#809 (3)—#228 (21)#557 (56)
2017#651 (455)#221 (234)#666 (4)#432 (3)#228 (22)#568 (55)
2016#567 (549)#243 (210)—#440 (3)#288 (16)#594 (51)
2015#624 (461)#240 (207)#566 (5)—#264 (19)#520 (59)
2014#629 (454)#235 (209)——#321 (15)#593 (52)
2013#672 (424)#272 (173)#816 (3)—#357 (13)#595 (50)
2012#755 (368)#322 (151)#665 (4)—#317 (16)#695 (41)
2011#806 (335)#376 (124)#515 (6)—#550 (7)#1,244 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1890 at #24.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Pearl is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,600 to 1 in 5,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Pearl by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: #277IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #295NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: #483ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #447NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #754CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #584CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,224TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Pearl (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#54223

Pearl (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PearlCanadaGirls#70842
PearlEngland & WalesGirls#258180
PearlIrelandGirls#27315
PearlNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PearlScotlandGirls—too few
PearlUSGirls#776350
PearlUSBoys—too few