Pearl
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning pearl; a precious gem from oysters.
How Pearl has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #624 |
| 2016 | #567 |
| 2017 | #653 |
| 2018 | #645 |
| 2019 | #729 |
| 2020 | #773 |
| 2021 | #744 |
| 2022 | #756 |
| 2023 | #805 |
| 2024 | #802 |
| 2025 | #777 |
Pearl by the numbers
In 2025, 180 babies in England and Wales were named Pearl. In the US, 453 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 4,521 babies in 1918, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1890, about 1 in 120 American girls born that year was called Pearl.
Names that come from Pearl
Forms of Pearl in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pearl. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Perlpearl25 in the US (2017)
- Pearleprecious gem from the sea; a form of Pearl11 in the US (2017)
- Pearlapearl; a form of pearl or pearle7 in the US (2017)
- Pearlypearl; a form of pearl or pearle7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Perlapearl; spanish and italian form of Pearl343 in the US (2017)
- Petrastone, rock165 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean wealth
Like Pearl, each of these has wealth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maddoxfortunate, beneficent; son of Madoc3,119 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Margaretpearl; precious gem2,242 in the US (2017)
- Maggiepearl; a form of Margaret271 in England and Wales (2025)
- Gemmagem or jewel1,241 in the US (2017)
- Margotpearl1,230 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Pearl
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