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How popular is “Pearlie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Pearlie” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Pearlie” 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 “Pearlie” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Pearlie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Pearlie” 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 16 0.000079411 16 100%
1881 29 0.000150502 22 7 52%
1882 24 0.000108336 24 100%
1883 33 0.000152112 33 100%
1884 25 0.000102686 25 100%
1885 45 0.000186835 45 100%
1886 42 0.000164502 42 100%
1887 65 0.000262741 65 100%
1888 73 0.000243761 73 100%
1889 68 0.000235338 68 100%
1890 84 0.000278698 78 6 86%
1891 76 0.00026511 76 100%
1892 92 0.000275141 92 100%
1893 89 0.000273658 89 100%
1894 103 0.000304113 98 5 90%
1895 109 0.000310524 109 100%
1896 97 0.000271341 91 6 88%
1897 111 0.000319924 105 6 89%
1898 117 0.00030672 109 8 86%
1899 97 0.000285938 97 100%
1900 147 0.000326479 140 7 90%
1901 119 0.000344118 113 6 90%
1902 137 0.00035425 129 8 88%
1903 119 0.000312172 112 7 88%
1904 122 0.000302366 117 5 92%
1905 136 0.000320814 136 100%
1906 118 0.000275411 118 100%
1907 134 0.000287931 134 100%
1908 148 0.000302876 137 11 85%
1909 140 0.000273853 140 100%
1910 183 0.000309796 176 7 92%
1911 170 0.000263861 163 7 92%
1912 208 0.000210513 197 11 89%
1913 207 0.00018204 200 7 93%
1914 238 0.000168038 223 15 87%
1915 271 0.000147891 250 21 85%
1916 295 0.000152501 270 25 83%
1917 298 0.000148499 282 16 89%
1918 334 0.000153838 312 22 87%
1919 373 0.000176757 355 18 90%
1920 324 0.000143195 311 13 92%
1921 357 0.000152923 345 12 93%
1922 343 0.000149837 338 5 97%
1923 328 0.000142455 317 11 93%
1924 326 0.000136882 314 12 93%
1925 392 0.000168002 379 13 93%
1926 368 0.000160285 350 18 90%
1927 377 0.000162545 363 14 93%
1928 411 0.000181783 388 23 89%
1929 381 0.000173801 366 15 92%
1930 348 0.000156525 330 18 90%
1931 308 0.000146361 295 13 92%
1932 345 0.000163407 330 15 91%
1933 316 0.000158044 303 13 92%
1934 320 0.000154082 300 20 88%
1935 324 0.000155031 308 16 90%
1936 322 0.000154988 313 9 94%
1937 411 0.000192897 390 21 90%
1938 369 0.000166774 353 16 91%
1939 354 0.000160658 336 18 90%
1940 363 0.000157642 349 14 92%
1941 338 0.000138728 327 11 93%
1942 385 0.000140932 373 12 94%
1943 341 0.000120812 334 7 96%
1944 355 0.000131966 347 8 95%
1945 318 0.000119868 305 13 92%
1946 327 0.000102338 327 100%
1947 307 0.000085223 300 7 95%
1948 339 0.000098189 328 11 94%
1949 335 0.000096132 325 10 94%
1950 269 0.000076783 258 11 92%
1951 250 0.000067866 243 7 94%
1952 271 0.000071353 261 10 93%
1953 209 0.000054234 198 11 89%
1954 217 0.000054513 210 7 94%
1955 196 0.000048816 191 5 95%
1956 163 0.000039534 157 6 93%
1957 167 0.000039742 161 6 93%
1958 151 0.000036527 151 100%
1959 147 0.000035354 142 5 93%
1960 118 0.000028408 118 100%
1961 98 0.000023658 98 100%
1962 105 0.00002602 99 6 89%
1963 85 0.000021474 85 100%
1964 75 0.000019292 75 100%
1965 53 0.000014619 53 100%
1966 60 0.000017263 54 6 80%
1967 37 0.000010899 37 100%
1968 39 0.000011544 39 100%
1969 27 0.000007769 27 100%
1970 29 0.000008041 29 100%
1971 38 0.000011071 38 100%
1972 30 0.000009545 30 100%
1973 21 0.000006961 21 100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 100%
1976 16 0.000005273 16 100%
1977 19 0.000005981 19 100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 100%
1980 14 0.000004064 14 100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%

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