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How popular is “Pearly” in the USA?

Number of people named “Pearly” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Pearly” by birth year

This chart shows how “Pearly” 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
1884 8 0.000032859 8 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 100%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 100%
1907 14 0.000030082 14 100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 100%
1910 16 0.000027086 16 100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 100%
1912 21 0.000021254 15 6 43%
1913 24 0.000021106 24 100%
1914 20 0.000014121 14 6 40%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 100%
1916 19 0.000009822 19 100%
1917 33 0.000016444 25 8 52%
1918 37 0.000017042 28 9 51%
1919 38 0.000018007 31 7 63%
1920 41 0.00001812 31 10 51%
1921 46 0.000019704 37 9 61%
1922 46 0.000020095 36 10 57%
1923 32 0.000013898 25 7 56%
1924 61 0.000025613 53 8 74%
1925 52 0.000022286 46 6 77%
1926 47 0.000020471 37 10 57%
1927 38 0.000016384 31 7 63%
1928 43 0.000019019 37 6 72%
1929 44 0.000020072 33 11 50%
1930 30 0.000013494 30 100%
1931 30 0.000014256 24 6 60%
1932 48 0.000022735 39 9 63%
1933 28 0.000014004 28 100%
1934 46 0.000022149 41 5 78%
1935 31 0.000014833 26 5 68%
1936 38 0.000018291 38 100%
1937 46 0.000021589 41 5 78%
1938 36 0.000016271 29 7 61%
1939 40 0.000018153 40 100%
1940 29 0.000012594 29 100%
1941 52 0.000021343 41 11 58%
1942 34 0.000012446 34 100%
1943 27 0.000009566 27 100%
1944 38 0.000014126 38 100%
1945 24 0.000009047 24 100%
1946 39 0.000012205 34 5 74%
1947 30 0.000008328 30 100%
1948 30 0.000008689 30 100%
1949 37 0.000010618 31 6 68%
1950 23 0.000006565 23 100%
1951 34 0.00000923 29 5 71%
1952 33 0.000008689 24 9 45%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 100%
1954 21 0.000005275 21 100%
1955 20 0.000004981 15 5 50%
1956 23 0.000005578 23 100%
1957 17 0.000004046 12 5 41%
1958 20 0.000004838 20 100%
1959 18 0.000004329 18 100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 100%
1962 13 0.000003222 8 5 23%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 100%

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  5. Pearline
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