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Baby name
Pearl
Girl
Origin of the name
Pearl comes from the name of the gem. It is also the English meaning of Margaret.
Comeback name
159,088births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 56rank at its peak, in 1918
Where babies named Pearl are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Pearl is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Pearl is most common in North Dakota (2.4 times), West Virginia (2.2) and South Carolina (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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