Pearl
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Pearl
Pearl, like Ruby, has begun to be polished up for a new generation of fashionable children after a century of jewelry box storage. The birthstone for the month of June, Pearl could also make a fresher middle name alternative to the overused Rose. Cool couple Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson named their daughter Pearl Minnie, followed by Jack Osbourne picking Pearl Clementine. Several celebs have put it in the middle spot, as in Busy Philipps's Cricket Pearl, Jake Owen's Olive Pearl and Caleb Followill's Dixie Pearl .
Pearl for girls#777 US
After being a Top 25 name in the late nineteenth century, Pearl went into a long slide, but is showing signs of a strong comeback -- it reentered the Top 1000 in 2010.
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Pearl is the illegitimate daughter of Hester Prynne, who gives her the name because she is 'her mother's only treasure.'
Pearl was also the alter ego name of Janis Joplin, tied to singer Pearl Bailey, and---hmm--the birth name of western writer Zane Gray.
Variations are PERLE and PERLA.
Pearl for boys
While Pearl is predominantly used as a feminine name, it ranked in the US Top 1000 for boys from the 1880s until the 1930s, reaching the Top 200 on several occasions. Pearl fell out of style in general back in the 80s, but has been making a resurgence for girls in recent years.
Derived from the Latin perla, the gemstone is associated with wealth, wisdom, purity, and the the month of June.
Yet to catch on again as a boy name, this might change if parents take inspiration from actor Nico Tortorella and influencer Bethany C. Meyers who chose Pearl as a middle name for their son in 2024. They picked the vintage gem because it worked as a nod to Meyers' dad (whose middle was Earl) and because the stone was meaningful to the couple during their pregnancy journey.
Pronounced PURL.
As of October 2026, Pearl ranked #777 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #24 in 1900, Nameberry popularity #254.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #629 | 454 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #624 | 461 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #567 | 549 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #653 | 455 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #645 | 459 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #729 | 387 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #776 | 351 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #741 | 385 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #756 | 382 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #800 | 351 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #802 | 350 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #777 | 350 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Pearl for girls
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Pearl on lists
Famous Pearls
- Pearl Sydenstricker BuckGirl
American novelist
- Pearl Mae BaileyGirl
American actress and singer
- Pearl CleageGirl
American novelist
- Pearl LoweGirl
English singer,songwriter
- Pearl Mary Teresa CraigieGirl
American novelist and dramatist under the pen name John Oliver Hobbes
- Pearl HartGirl
American Old West outlaw
- Pearl LiaisonGirl
stage name of Matthew James Lent, American drag queen of RuPaul's Drag Race season 7
- Pearl Clementine Osbourne (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of TV personality Jack and Lisa Osbourne
- Pearl Maria AdayGirl
American singer and daughter of singer Meat Loaf
- Pearl Minnie Anderson (b. 2005)Girl
daughter of actress Maya Rudolph and director Paul Thomas Anderson
- Pearl RyderGirl
daughter of singer Shaun Ryder of Black Grape
- PearlGirl
daughter of YouTuber Louise Pentland and Liam O'Neill
- (Pearl) Zane GreyGirl
male American novelist
- Minnie PearlGirl
stage name of American comedian Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon
Pearl in pop culture
- Pearl ZhuGirl
character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
- PearlGirl
daughter of Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
- PearlGirl
Mr. Krabs' daughter on animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants"
- PearlGirl
character in song cycle Ghost Quartet
- Pearl GallagherGirl
character on TV's "Diff'rent Strokes"
- Pearl CaraldoGirl
main character on TV's "Pearl"
- The PearlGirl
character in anime "One Piece"
- PearlGirl
late 14th,century Middle English poem
- Pearl FeyGirl
character in video game "Ace Attorney"
- Pearl SlatteryGirl
character in "Redhill Rococo" by Shena Mackay
- Pearl CunninghamGirl
character in Ray Lawler's "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll"
- Pearl ShayGirl
character on TV's "227"
- Pearl ForresterGirl
character on TV's "Mystery Science Theater 3000"
- PearlGirl
character on animated series "Steven Universe"
- PearlGirl
character in Disney's "The Little Mermaid"
- PearlGirl
character in Disney's "Home on the Range"
- "The PearlGirl
" short story by John Steinbeck
- Pearl JamGirl
American rock band
- Pearl HarborGirl
Hawaiian U.S. military base bombed in 1941 by Japan
- PearlGirl
drums manufacturer
- PearlGirl
main character in novel "My Sister Jodie"
- PearlGirl
main character in novel "The Year of The Rat"
- Pearl Ada LennoxGirl
character in novel 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum' by Kate Atkinson (twin sister of Ruby Lennox)
- Grandma PearlGirl
character in "Big Fat Liar"
- Granny PearlGirl
character in Nadia Aguiar's children's fantasy book series "Adventures in Tamarind"
- PearlGirl
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Pearl SerpentineGirl
daughter of the Hydra in "Monster High" show and series (twin sister of Peri Serpentine)
- PearlGirl
a character from the video game Platoon 2
- Pearl LittlefieldGirl
main character of Ann M. Martin's "10 Rules for Living with My Sister" and "10 Good and Bad Things About My Life So Far"