Pearla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PUR-la
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Pearla is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Pearla mean?
English: elaboration of Pearl, or a spelling of Perla
“pearl”
Pearl is a traditional birthstone for June.
Is Pearla a girl's or a boy's name?
Pearla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pearla in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 6 girls.
Pearla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
How popular is Pearla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Pearla, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the girls named Pearla in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pearla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
Nicknames for Pearla
- Pearl 180 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Pearla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola Ava Luna Rosa Sophia Piper Cora Bella Alba Lucia Eva Eliza
Names related to Pearla
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pearla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pearla, updated 20 October 2026.