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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Pearlean

Pearlean was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1939, when it ranked 1213th with 37 babies. More babies were named Pearlean in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
193937 babies
Total since 1880
1,066babies recorded

Pearlean popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960#5,0728
1950#2,17221
1940#1,88419
1930#1,28535
1920#2,55914
1910#1,8958
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Pearlean, counting every spelling?

Pearlean has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Pearlean?

About 300 people born in the US named Pearlean are alive today, with a median age of 77; half are between 72 and 84. That makes Pearlean a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Pearlean by state

How common Pearlean was among girls born in each state in 1937–1941, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (14.8×). In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesMS0.31Alabama: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesAL0.11Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Pearlean, girls, 1937–1941. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Pearlean: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Pearlean, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Pearlean

How popular is the name Pearlean?

Pearlean was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1939, when it ranked 1213th with 37 babies. More babies were named Pearlean in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Pearlean a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,066 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Pearlean most popular?

In 1937–1941, Pearlean was most common in Mississippi (0.31 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Alabama.