Girls' name · peaked in 2003
Perla name popularity since 1925
20,799 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Perla. Half of them were born in 2003 or earlier, so the typical Perla is about 23 years old in 2026. Perla peaked in 2003 as the #282 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,799
- Named Perla, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,590 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 20,769 girls · 30 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 3.63× its national share
Peak year is the year Perla made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Perla births per year, 1925–2025
2003 was the biggest year for Perla both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1988 and 1993, Perla became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 8,020 baby girls to 1 in 3,780.
- Steepest fall: Between 2012 and 2017, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 2,550 to 1 in 5,000.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Perla's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Perla.
Decade by decade
Babies named Perla in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 19 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 51 | 0 | #4,109 |
| 1940s | 63 | 0 | #3,332 |
| 1950s | 150 | 0 | #3,523 |
| 1960s | 279 | 0 | #2,729 |
| 1970s | 776 | 0 | #1,396 |
| 1980s | 1,991 | 5 | #808 |
| 1990s | 4,586 | 25 | #491 |
| 2000s | 7,485 | 0 | #365 |
| 2010s | 4,203 | 0 | #648 |
| 2020–25 | 1,166 | 0 | #1,590 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
50.9% of babies named Perla from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Perla is most popular
The index compares Perla's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Perla.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 3.63× | 892 |
| Texas | 3.56× | 5,290 |
| California | 3.26× | 6,548 |
| Colorado | 1.59× | 371 |
| Washington | 1.04× | 330 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Perla's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Perla.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Perla (2003).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data