Quick answers about Pearline
How many people are named Pearline?
An estimated 1,321 living Americans are named Pearline.
How rare is Pearline?
Pearline 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 Pearline?
The median age of a living American named Pearline is approximately 72 years, with most bearers falling between 63 and 79 years old.
Is Pearline still popular?
Not especially. Pearline has been declining since its 1927 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Pearline most common?
Pearline has its strongest geographic signal in South Carolina, where it appears 7.9× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Pearline is most concentrated in South Carolina — about 7.9× the national rate in the 1950s. It also runs high in Mississippi.
States where Pearline is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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