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How popular is “Pearl” in the USA?

Number of people named “Pearl” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Pearl” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Pearl” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Pearl” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Pearl” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Pearl” by birth year

This chart shows how “Pearl” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 631 0.003131762 569 62 80%
1881 693 0.003596488 641 52 85%
1882 882 0.003981348 824 58 87%
1883 943 0.004346704 886 57 88%
1884 1200 0.004928921 1138 62 90%
1885 1203 0.004994727 1146 57 91%
1886 1277 0.005001645 1204 73 89%
1887 1380 0.005578191 1316 64 91%
1888 1660 0.005543052 1591 69 92%
1889 1638 0.005668879 1588 50 94%
1890 1789 0.005935614 1741 48 95%
1891 1636 0.00570685 1605 31 96%
1892 1870 0.00559254 1831 39 96%
1893 1858 0.005713003 1796 62 93%
1894 1844 0.005444507 1789 55 94%
1895 2003 0.005706227 1958 45 96%
1896 2138 0.005980687 2101 37 97%
1897 2120 0.006110267 2076 44 96%
1898 2197 0.005759526 2158 39 96%
1899 2028 0.005978175 1999 29 97%
1900 2553 0.005670082 2512 41 97%
1901 1904 0.005505882 1866 38 96%
1902 2135 0.005520605 2100 35 97%
1903 2082 0.0054617 2046 36 97%
1904 2045 0.005068342 2015 30 97%
1905 2137 0.005041022 2108 29 97%
1906 2069 0.004829023 2035 34 97%
1907 2145 0.004609038 2108 37 97%
1908 2111 0.004320074 2075 36 97%
1909 2089 0.004086271 2048 41 96%
1910 2200 0.003724325 2177 23 98%
1911 2108 0.00327188 2075 33 97%
1912 2581 0.002612184 2528 53 96%
1913 2826 0.002485248 2756 70 95%
1914 3280 0.002315822 3223 57 97%
1915 4073 0.002222736 3976 97 95%
1916 4143 0.002141731 4073 70 97%
1917 4316 0.002150741 4232 84 96%
1918 4622 0.002128864 4521 101 96%
1919 4371 0.002071324 4273 98 96%
1920 4295 0.001898223 4204 91 96%
1921 4261 0.001825226 4175 86 96%
1922 3926 0.001715043 3848 78 96%
1923 3626 0.001574823 3543 83 95%
1924 3720 0.001561969 3635 85 95%
1925 3281 0.001406162 3213 68 96%
1926 2970 0.001293608 2899 71 95%
1927 2798 0.001206368 2718 80 94%
1928 2448 0.001082736 2367 81 93%
1929 2245 0.001024104 2172 73 93%
1930 2136 0.000960739 2069 67 94%
1931 1713 0.000814013 1648 65 92%
1932 1663 0.00078767 1618 45 95%
1933 1434 0.000717198 1384 50 93%
1934 1376 0.000662553 1338 38 94%
1935 1240 0.00059333 1187 53 91%
1936 1160 0.000558342 1120 40 93%
1937 1069 0.00050172 1024 45 92%
1938 1049 0.000474108 1005 44 92%
1939 952 0.000432051 902 50 89%
1940 936 0.000406482 907 29 94%
1941 855 0.000350924 835 20 95%
1942 1134 0.000415108 1092 42 93%
1943 922 0.000326654 879 43 91%
1944 785 0.000291813 756 29 93%
1945 681 0.000256699 654 27 92%
1946 699 0.000218758 677 22 94%
1947 744 0.000206533 713 31 92%
1948 709 0.000205357 690 19 95%
1949 595 0.000170743 575 20 93%
1950 606 0.000172977 588 18 94%
1951 541 0.000146862 531 10 96%
1952 528 0.00013902 516 12 95%
1953 533 0.000138311 516 17 94%
1954 508 0.000127615 492 16 94%
1955 492 0.000122538 465 27 89%
1956 484 0.000117389 468 16 93%
1957 461 0.000109706 443 18 92%
1958 401 0.000097003 388 13 94%
1959 361 0.000086821 350 11 94%
1960 379 0.000091241 372 7 96%
1961 356 0.000085943 346 10 94%
1962 364 0.000090202 364 100%
1963 291 0.000073518 284 7 95%
1964 294 0.000075625 284 10 93%
1965 267 0.000073646 259 8 94%
1966 207 0.000059557 195 12 88%
1967 184 0.000054199 175 9 90%
1968 172 0.000050911 172 100%
1969 148 0.000042586 143 5 93%
1970 161 0.000044641 161 100%
1971 172 0.000050111 163 9 90%
1972 174 0.000055361 168 6 93%
1973 148 0.000049057 142 6 92%
1974 148 0.000048684 148 100%
1975 148 0.000049016 148 100%
1976 149 0.000049105 143 6 92%
1977 130 0.000040926 123 7 89%
1978 132 0.00004159 132 100%
1979 143 0.000042982 143 100%
1980 174 0.000050515 168 6 93%
1981 184 0.000053189 184 100%
1982 190 0.000054163 190 100%
1983 176 0.000050818 171 5 94%
1984 169 0.000048441 169 100%
1985 165 0.00004623 165 100%
1986 162 0.000045543 162 100%
1987 141 0.000039106 141 100%
1988 148 0.000040054 148 100%
1989 140 0.000036416 140 100%
1990 131 0.000033144 131 100%
1991 142 0.000036455 142 100%
1992 157 0.000040872 157 100%
1993 156 0.000041376 156 100%
1994 124 0.000033354 124 100%
1995 159 0.000043417 159 100%
1996 175 0.000047982 175 100%
1997 138 0.000038061 138 100%
1998 164 0.000044587 164 100%
1999 162 0.000043856 162 100%
2000 200 0.000052911 200 100%
2001 208 0.000055565 208 100%
2002 199 0.000053233 199 100%
2003 203 0.000053388 203 100%
2004 196 0.000051297 196 100%
2005 190 0.000049417 190 100%
2006 245 0.000061928 245 100%
2007 269 0.000067289 269 100%
2008 259 0.000065892 259 100%
2009 269 0.000070416 269 100%
2010 267 0.000072245 267 100%
2011 335 0.000091585 335 100%
2012 368 0.000100619 368 100%
2013 424 0.000116302 424 100%
2014 454 0.000122492 454 100%
2015 461 0.000124564 461 100%
2016 549 0.000149644 549 100%
2017 455 0.00012723 455 100%
2018 459 0.00013055 459 100%
2019 387 0.000111497 387 100%
2020 351 0.000105072 351 100%
2021 385 0.000113638 385 100%
2022 382 0.000112913 382 100%
2023 351 0.000106004 351 100%
2024 350 0.000105152 350 100%

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