Pernell
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Pernell is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Pernell mean?
English: English surname from the medieval name Parnel (Petronilla)
From Parnel, a medieval English form of Petronilla, a Latin name derived from the Roman family name Petronius.
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Is Pernell a girl's or a boy's name?
Pernell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pernell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Pernell, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 178 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Pernell in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1972, 10% of the babies named Pernell in the US were girls.
Pernell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 40 | #1,976 |
| 1991 | 51 | #1,626 |
| 1990 | 41 | #1,865 |
| 1989 | 51 | #1,562 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,653 |
| 1986 | 46 | #1,475 |
| 1985 | 50 | #1,370 |
| 1984 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1983 | 43 | #1,447 |
| 1982 | 45 | #1,414 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,601 |
| 1980 | 46 | #1,391 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,570 |
| 1978 | 36 | #1,570 |
| 1977 | 38 | #1,490 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,333 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,280 |
| 1974 | 64 | #1,026 |
| 1973 | 77 | #914 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,238 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,198 |
| 1968 | 51 | #1,034 |
| 1967 | 59 | #943 |
| 1966 | 84 | #794 |
| 1965 | 148 | #624 |
| 1964 | 178 | #592 |
| 1963 | 149 | #640 |
| 1962 | 128 | #685 |
| 1961 | 68 | #927 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,294 |
| 1959 | 23 | #1,664 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 22 | #1,714 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,607 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,844 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,500 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,741 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
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