Pernell was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).
Pernell as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#10,695 (6)
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2023
#10,821 (6)
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2022
#10,863 (6)
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2020
#6,620 (12)
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2019
#7,643 (10)
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2018
#8,154 (9)
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2017
#6,060 (14)
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2016
#7,605 (10)
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2015
#12,086 (5)
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2014
#7,562 (10)
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2013
#6,603 (12)
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2012
#8,158 (9)
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2011
#5,433 (16)
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2010
#5,478 (16)
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2009
#6,095 (14)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1964 at #592.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1915.
In 1972, 10% of US babies named Pernell were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys 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.