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Pearl

Girl's name · #777 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Pearl belongs to an older America first — it reached #24 back in 1889 — yet it still appears in today's records at #777. About 159,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 31 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#258 in England & Wales (2025) · #273 in Ireland (2025) · #708 in Canada (2025) · #3,135 in France (2025) · #253 in N. Ireland (2024) · #351 in Scotland (2024) · #401 in New Zealand (2024) · #2,300 in Sweden (2023) · #2,797 in Italy (2023) · #3,269 in Austria (2023) · #1,234 in Belgium (2003) · #5,675 in Ecuador (1990).

Famous Pearls

• Pearl S. Buck — Chinese women Nobel Prize winner, author, teacher, missionary (1892–1973)
• Pearl Bailey — American actress and singer (1918–1990)
• Pearl Mackie — British actress (born 1987)
• Pearl Davis — American social media personality (born 1996)
• Pearl White — American actress (1889–1938)

In stories & tradition

• Pearl Krabs — Main character in SpongeBob SquarePants
• Pearl — Steven Universe character
• Pearl Fey — Ace Attorney character

Where Pearls come from

Among 138 notable bearers:

United States 52%, United Kingdom 7%, Canada 5%, New Zealand 5%, Australia 3%, Botswana 3% and 22 more countries.

What Pearls become

Among 193 notable people named Pearl:

Entertainers appear 2.41× more often than among typical names — e.g. Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (1918–1990).

Similar names: Mattie · Pia · Addie · Mollie · Coral · Lillie

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