# Perla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/perla/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 20,836 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 30 / 20,806 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 218, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 444 | 644 |
| 2012 | 690 | 452 |
| 2013 | 423 | 674 |
| 2014 | 441 | 648 |
| 2015 | 443 | 648 |
| 2016 | 407 | 705 |
| 2017 | 345 | 795 |
| 2018 | 289 | 927 |
| 2019 | 236 | 1,072 |
| 2020 | 249 | 1,013 |
| 2021 | 198 | 1,208 |
| 2022 | 208 | 1,165 |
| 2023 | 203 | 1,183 |
| 2024 | 176 | 1,311 |
| 2025 | 132 | 1,590 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5 | 7,534 |
| 1990 | 5 | 9,136 |
| 1991 | 8 | 6,372 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,540 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10,132 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,452 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## People named Perla

- Perla Haney-Jardine, Brazilian-American actress
- Perla Cristal, Argentine actress
- Perla Batalla, American singer
- Perla Suez, Argentinian writer

## 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.