# Pearline (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pearline/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Pearleen, Pearlene |
| US babies named this | 6,262 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,262 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Coined at the end of the 19th century from Pearl + -ine. Compare Pauline, Earline.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 5,911 |
| 1977 | 5 | 10,775 |
| 1978 | 6 | 9,385 |
| 1979 | 6 | 9,839 |
| 1980 | 11 | 6,203 |
| 1982 | 9 | 7,303 |
| 1983 | 13 | 5,365 |
| 1984 | 9 | 7,237 |
| 1985 | 5 | 11,946 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,861 |
| 1988 | 5 | 13,288 |
| 1991 | 5 | 14,742 |
| 1996 | 8 | 10,278 |
| 1999 | 7 | 12,328 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,218 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.