Perl Popularity by Year
Follow Perl across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Perl birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 32 | #4,352 | Up 948 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 24 | #5,300 | Down 1,186 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 35 | #4,114 | Up 557 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 29 | #4,671 | Up 420 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 25 | #5,091 | Up 576 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 21 | #5,667 | Down 361 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 24 | #5,306 | Up 9 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 24 | #5,315 | Down 124 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 25 | #5,191 | Down 846 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 33 | #4,345 | Up 2,107 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 19 | #6,452 | Down 827 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 23 | #5,625 | Up 630 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 20 | #6,255 | Up 889 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 17 | #7,144 | Up 2,579 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 11 | #9,723 | Down 3,341 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 20 | #6,382 | Down 291 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 22 | #6,091 | Up 3,385 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 12 | #9,476 | Down 1,743 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 16 | #7,733 | Up 1,553 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 12 | #9,286 | Down 1,395 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 14 | #7,891 | Down 1,922 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 20 | #5,969 | Up 4,456 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 9 | #10,425 | Down 2,609 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 13 | #7,816 | Down 860 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 15 | #6,956 | Up 4,845 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 7 | #11,801 | Down 416 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 7 | #11,385 | Down 2,125 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 9 | #9,260 | Down 243 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 9 | #9,017 | Down 205 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 9 | #8,812 | Up 4,618 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 5 | #13,430 | Down 5,918 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 11 | #7,512 | Up 1,732 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 7 | #9,244 | Up 2,081 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 5 | #11,325 | Down 2,181 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 6 | #9,144 | Up 1,267 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 5 | #10,411 | Down 661 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 5 | #9,750 | Down 1,306 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 6 | #8,444 | Down 1,640 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 5 | #6,804 | Down 2,234 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 5 | #3,763 | Up 238 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 5 | #4,001 | Down 978 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 5 | #4,570 | — |
| 1924 | Boys | 9 | #3,023 | Up 799 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 6 | #3,822 | Down 333 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 7 | #3,489 | Up 679 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 5 | #4,168 | Down 800 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 7 | #3,368 | Down 151 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 7 | #3,217 | Up 680 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 5 | #3,897 | Down 815 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 7 | #3,082 | Down 809 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 7 | #2,273 | Down 1,207 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 5 | #1,066 | Down 145 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 5 | #921 | Down 29 places |
| 1883 | Boys | 5 | #892 | — |