How popular is the name Perla?

Perla ranks 900th among girls' names in US records, with 21,156 births since 1918. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,820.

Is Perla a unisex name?

No. Perla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2003, when 1,140 children were given the name. It has been in use for 107 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#900 of girl names

Pronounced P ER1 L AH0 (ARPABET)

Perla is a girls' name, and first appears in 1918. It has been given to 21,156 children — the 900th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 56% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2003, when 1,140 children were given it.

2003Girls: 1,140Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Perla?: Perla ranks 900th among girls' names in US records, with 21,156 births since 1918. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,820.
Is Perla a unisex name?: No. Perla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Perla most popular?: 2003, when 1,140 children were given the name. It has been in use for 107 years and is still recorded as of 2024.