Perla

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Perla: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Perla: Recorded since 2005, its highest recorded position is #842, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#842highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#4798
2007	#2410
2008	#2721
2009	#3936
2010	#2589
2011	#2150
2012	#2969
2013	#1774
2014	#2314
2015	#2496
2016	#3214
2017	#2090
2018	#1788
2019	#2170
2020	#1846
2021	#2073
2022	#1452
2023	#2927
2024	#2000

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1788 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #4798 among girls in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2018
Highest recorded position: #842 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 2007–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Perla appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 210 births with the name.

Perla across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Perla's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4798 (2005)	#1452 (2022)	#2000 (2024)	19 of 20	210 (2005–2024)	21 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#842 (2007)	#896 (2018)	4 of 12	12 (2007–2018)	3 (2007)

Perla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Perla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	25	4 of 10	6
2010s	114	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	71	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Perla appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #842 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Perla's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #842, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Perez · #1892, 20y
Peri · #1392, 27y
Pernille · #34, 64y
Perran · #1552, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Daiana · #842, 18y
Giada · #842, 19y
Kaydi · #842, 14y
Lakisha · #842, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Daiana · #842, 18y
Divina · #842, 13y
Lillie-May · #841, 19y
Everlyn · #840, 18y

Perla was ranked #842 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Perla and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Perla without appearing here.

Perla moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2000 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3936 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2589 and #5707.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1774 and #4739.
Kai Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3214 and #3214 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Perla

Arlo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1452 and #1849 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #1469.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2150 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #1893.
Marilyn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1452 and #2673 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #2063.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1846 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Perla

Abigail Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Perla went from #4798 to #2000 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Perla went from #4798 to #2000 while Aimee went from #49 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Perla went from #4798 to #2000 while Aisling went from #657 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Perla went from #4798 to #2000 while Alex went from #251 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Perla

Ada Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Perla went from #4798 to #2000 and Ada from #951 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Perla went from #4798 to #2000 and Alma from #1500 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Perla went from #4798 to #2000 and Amelia from #15 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Perla went from #4798 to #2000 and Aria from #1295 to #35.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #842 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Perla

Perla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Perla across 2 official records

Perla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Perla appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Perla moved ahead of

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Perla at a glance

Perla across 2 official records

Perla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Perla appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Perla

Perla and the names beside it

Perla moved ahead of

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