Perla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PER-la
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,587 for girls
Perla is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 1,587th for girls in the US (132 babies).
What does Perla mean?
Spanish: Spanish and Italian word for pearl
“pearl”
The Spanish and Italian word for pearl, a gem long associated with purity.
Is Perla a girl's or a boy's name?
Perla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 132 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Perla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Perla, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Perla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Perla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Perla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,587among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 132about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 132 girls in the US were named Perla, making it the 1,587th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,011th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 1,109 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Perla than any year since 1978.
Half of all the girls named Perla in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Perla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 | #1,587 |
| 2024 | 176 | #1,305 |
| 2023 | 203 | #1,179 |
| 2022 | 208 | #1,163 |
| 2021 | 198 | #1,207 |
| 2020 | 249 | #1,011 |
| 2019 | 236 | #1,069 |
| 2018 | 289 | #924 |
| 2017 | 345 | #794 |
| 2016 | 407 | #704 |
| 2015 | 443 | #648 |
| 2014 | 441 | #646 |
| 2013 | 423 | #674 |
| 2012 | 690 | #452 |
| 2011 | 444 | #644 |
| 2010 | 485 | #607 |
| 2009 | 581 | #523 |
| 2008 | 662 | #479 |
| 2007 | 803 | #406 |
| 2006 | 843 | #385 |
| 2005 | 865 | #365 |
| 2004 | 878 | #361 |
| 2003 | 1,109 | #282 |
| 2002 | 701 | #413 |
| 2001 | 533 | #509 |
| 2000 | 510 | #517 |
| 1999 | 472 | #536 |
| 1998 | 522 | #487 |
| 1997 | 480 | #507 |
| 1996 | 485 | #493 |
| 1995 | 502 | #490 |
| 1994 | 482 | #517 |
| 1993 | 478 | #513 |
| 1992 | 409 | #569 |
| 1991 | 400 | #578 |
| 1990 | 356 | #627 |
| 1989 | 267 | #734 |
| 1988 | 222 | #819 |
| 1987 | 216 | #810 |
| 1986 | 227 | #763 |
| 1985 | 204 | #806 |
| 1984 | 210 | #766 |
| 1983 | 166 | #905 |
| 1982 | 158 | #942 |
| 1981 | 155 | #948 |
| 1980 | 166 | #909 |
| 1979 | 144 | #989 |
| 1978 | 108 | #1,169 |
| 1977 | 84 | #1,345 |
| 1976 | 87 | #1,273 |
| 1975 | 76 | #1,381 |
| 1974 | 70 | #1,438 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,496 |
| 1972 | 67 | #1,448 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,937 |
| 1970 | 33 | #2,307 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,454 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,855 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,190 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,683 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,245 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,298 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,259 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,822 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,039 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
Names like Perla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Perla
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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, “Perla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/perla, updated 20 October 2026.