Pearleen

Girls' name

Variant of Pearline

Pearleen has been given to 51 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1925, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Pearleen, 1955

1 in 669,000

Pearleen over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Pearleen: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Pearline

coinages

What Pearleen means

Pearleen is a variant of Pearline.

Origin, language, and formation

Pearleen is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Pearleen is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Pearline.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 51 girls were recorded with the name Pearleen between 1914 and 1955. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1925; its best national rank was #3,395 in 1934.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Pearleen?

Pearleen had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1955, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1955: 1 in 669,000; 6 of 4,014,099 births
Among girls only: 1 in 326,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1955: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,728 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Pearleen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1955 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,728 children born in 1955 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Pearleen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pearleens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Pearleen was born before 1933 — so the typical Pearleen is around 92 today.

Median birth year: 1933; About 92 years old
Biggest decade: 1930s; 49.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 60.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 6; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1930s — 49.0% of all recorded uses (25).

Is Pearleen rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1925 (8)
Years since peak: 100; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 8.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,395; 1934

Spellings of Pearleen

Pearleen is not the most common spelling — Pearlie is, with 24.2% against Pearleen's 0.07%.

Pearlie24.2%18,129
Arleen16.9%12,611
Darleen11.1%8,332
Charleen9.9%7,384
Carleen9.0%6,744
Marleen5.5%4,121
Pearle3.8%2,821
Karleen3.7%2,766

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Pearleen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,395; 1934
Peak year: 1925; 8 that year
First recorded: 1914
Last recorded: 1955
All-time count: 51
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Pearleen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Pearce Aibileen Mahveen Pearlia Yasleen Safreen Jeyleen Pearlina Georgeen Jackleen Loveleen Keyleen Japleen Sharmeen Yazleen Jazzleen Aishleen Peachie Zayleen Bareen Hayleen Shelleen Pearlette Savreen

Sibling names for Pearleen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Concepcion Easter Gene Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita

For a brother

Domenick Hosea Rollin Alvis Jewel Eldridge Lenard Merritt

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