Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Perla” in the USA?

Number of people named “Perla” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Perla” by birth year

This chart shows how “Perla” 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
1918 7 0.000003224 7 100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 100%
1953 22 0.000005709 22 100%
1954 16 0.000004019 16 100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 100%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 100%
1960 20 0.000004815 20 100%
1961 27 0.000006518 27 100%
1962 33 0.000008178 33 100%
1963 27 0.000006821 27 100%
1964 29 0.00000746 29 100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 100%
1966 29 0.000008344 29 100%
1967 24 0.000007069 24 100%
1968 41 0.000012136 41 100%
1969 28 0.000008057 28 100%
1970 33 0.00000915 33 100%
1971 44 0.000012819 44 100%
1972 67 0.000021317 67 100%
1973 63 0.000020882 63 100%
1974 70 0.000023026 70 100%
1975 76 0.000025171 76 100%
1976 87 0.000028672 87 100%
1977 84 0.000026444 84 100%
1978 108 0.000034028 108 100%
1979 144 0.000043282 144 100%
1980 166 0.000048193 166 100%
1981 155 0.000044806 155 100%
1982 158 0.00004504 158 100%
1983 166 0.000047931 166 100%
1984 210 0.000060193 210 100%
1985 204 0.000057157 204 100%
1986 232 0.000065222 227 5 96%
1987 216 0.000059907 216 100%
1988 222 0.00006008 222 100%
1989 267 0.000069451 267 100%
1990 361 0.000091335 356 5 97%
1991 408 0.000104743 400 8 96%
1992 408 0.000106215 408 100%
1993 478 0.000126781 478 100%
1994 488 0.000131266 481 7 97%
1995 502 0.000137078 502 100%
1996 490 0.00013435 485 5 98%
1997 480 0.000132386 480 100%
1998 522 0.000141917 522 100%
1999 472 0.000127779 472 100%
2000 510 0.000134924 510 100%
2001 533 0.000142384 533 100%
2002 701 0.000187519 701 100%
2003 1109 0.000291664 1109 100%
2004 878 0.000229787 878 100%
2005 865 0.000224977 865 100%
2006 843 0.000213084 843 100%
2007 803 0.000200866 803 100%
2008 662 0.000168419 662 100%
2009 581 0.000152087 581 100%
2010 485 0.000131232 485 100%
2011 444 0.000121385 444 100%
2012 690 0.00018866 690 100%
2013 423 0.000116028 423 100%
2014 441 0.000118984 441 100%
2015 443 0.0001197 443 100%
2016 407 0.000110939 407 100%
2017 345 0.000096471 345 100%
2018 289 0.000082198 289 100%
2019 236 0.000067993 236 100%
2020 248 0.000074239 248 100%
2021 197 0.000058147 197 100%
2022 208 0.000061481 208 100%
2023 203 0.000061307 203 100%
2024 175 0.000052576 175 100%

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