Perel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PEH-rel
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,100 for girls
Perel is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,100th for girls in the US (52 babies).
What does Perel mean?
Germanic: Yiddish word
“pearl”
Yiddish name meaning pearl, used mainly in Orthodox Jewish families.
Is Perel a girl's or a boy's name?
Perel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 52 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Perel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Perel, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Perel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
How popular is Perel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,100th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 52 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were named Perel, making it the 3,100th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Perel in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Perel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #3,100 |
| 2024 | 52 | #3,081 |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,329 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
Names like Perel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme, Aria, Piper, Dua, Luna, Harper, Pippa, Ava, Mila, Freya, Zara, Poppy
Names related to Perel
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Perel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/perel, updated 20 October 2026.