Perl
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PURL
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Perl is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Perl mean?
Germanic: Yiddish form of Pearl
“pearl”
Is Perl a girl's or a boy's name?
Perl is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Perl in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Perl, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1929.
Half of all the girls named Perl in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 382 girls in the US were given Perl or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #725, up from #4,351 for this spelling alone.
- Pearl 350
- Perl 32
Perl in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
Names like Perl
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sol Palmer Parker Itzel Bristol Lorelai Esme Piper Aria Dulce Ximena Campbell
Other spellings of Perl
Names related to Perl
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Perl: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/perl, updated 20 October 2026.