Quick answers about Pearlie
How many people are named Pearlie?
An estimated 3,384 living Americans are named Pearlie.
How rare is Pearlie?
Pearlie fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Pearlie?
The median age of a living American named Pearlie is approximately 74 years, with most bearers falling between 66 and 80 years old.
Is Pearlie still popular?
Not especially. Pearlie has been declining since its 1937 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Pearlie most common?
Pearlie has its strongest geographic signal in Mississippi, where it appears 14.8× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19372025
Where it lives now
Pearlie is most concentrated in Mississippi — about 14.8× the national rate in the 1960s.
States where Pearlie is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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