Pearl

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Pearl is a unisex given name derived from the English word pearl, a hard, roundish object produced within the soft tissue of a living, shelled mollusk. Pearls are commonly used in jewelry-making. The name has a history of usage among Jews.

From Wikipedia

Pearl first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 210 babies (rank #243 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Pearl

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Pearl yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,870
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
210
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199627#839
199722#973
199827#838
199925#886
200025#892
200127#864
200237#718
200345#649
200437#770
200565#528
200672#518
200775#507
200896#443
2009111#383
2010105#416
2011124#379
2012151#323
2013173#272
2014209#236
2015207#240
2016210#243