Perla Girl
How popular is Perla?
#1,587 girl name in 2025
132 baby girls were named Perla in the US in 2025, making it the 1587th most popular girl name.
Perla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,587 for girls (▼ 282 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 132 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-70% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #648 in 2015, #1,011 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (1,109 girls) |
| Highest rank | #282 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1918 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Perla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Perla family of names ranked #1,273 for girls in 2025 (#1,073 the year before), with 139 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Perla | 132 | 95% |
| Pearla | 7 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Perla is most popular
Babies named Perla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (193 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (186 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (49 girls)
Perla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1920s | 49 | #3,563 |
| 1930s | 51 | #2,578 |
| 1940s | 63 | #2,827 |
| 1950s | 150 | #2,235 |
| 1960s | 279 | #1,855 |
| 1970s | 776 | #989 |
| 1980s | 1,991 | #734 |
| 1990s | 4,586 | #487 |
| 2000s | 7,485 | #282 |
| 2010s | 4,203 | #452 |
| 2020s | 1,166 | #1,011 |
Girl names about as popular as Perla
Questions
- Is Perla a boy or girl name?
- Perla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Perla were girls.
- How popular is the name Perla?
- 132 baby girls were named Perla in the US in 2025, making it the 1587th most popular girl name.
- When was Perla most popular?
- Perla peaked in 2003, when 1,109 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #282 in 2003.
- How many people are named Perla?
- 20,836 babies have been named Perla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 20,401 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Perla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Perla was most common in Texas, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.