Name meaning & stats
Pearl
Pearl means “pearl” (English origin). 28,868 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
“pearl”
EnglishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
28,868 US babies were named Pearl between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Pearl (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Pearl is the main spelling
- Pearl 100%
- Pearle <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)