Pernell

Primarily a boy's name · 92% boys

Pernell first appears in the U.S. data in 1915 and has been recorded in 108 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1964 with 178 babies (rank #593 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.
3,306
Total babies (all years)
108
Years in the data
178
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19156#3,730
19169#2,881
191710#2,686
191814#2,239
19199#3,063
192012#2,571
192110#2,934
19229#3,187
19237#3,733
19247#3,771
19257#3,655
192612#2,530
19277#3,702
192816#2,030
19299#2,918
19309#2,957
193110#2,604
193216#1,903
193311#2,333
193411#2,363
193510#2,497
193613#2,042
193712#2,171
193816#1,799
193910#2,410
194010#2,440
194114#1,975
194210#2,490
194315#1,971
194417#1,722
194511#2,216
194615#1,933
194717#1,897
194816#1,928
194924#1,537
195022#1,604
195115#2,028
195211#2,470
195313#2,261
195415#2,096
195518#1,891
195624#1,635
195722#1,743
195813#2,343
195923#1,698
196037#1,316
196168#930
1962128#687
1963149#645
1964178#593
1965148#624
196684#799
196759#947
196851#1,042
196943#1,214
197045#1,248
197135#1,457
197243#1,280
197377#922
197464#1,031
197545#1,296
197644#1,343
197738#1,504
197836#1,590
197937#1,588
198046#1,404
198137#1,624
198245#1,435
198343#1,465
198450#1,344
198550#1,383
198646#1,487
198741#1,675
198830#2,124
198951#1,586
199041#1,900
199151#1,646
199240#1,993
199329#2,561
199428#2,665
199531#2,484
199612#5,106
199720#3,553
199820#3,676
199920#3,802
200018#4,330
200121#3,944
200216#4,857
200320#4,233
200412#6,417
200511#6,993
200625#3,967
200715#5,845
200817#5,426
200914#6,343
201016#5,668
201116#5,606
20129#8,693
201312#6,918
201410#7,976
20155#13,530
201610#8,011
201714#6,256
20189#8,649
201910#8,054
202012#6,926
20226#11,946
20236#11,893