Perla is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “little wallet; pocket.” In 2024 it was given to 175 girls in the United States.
Perla belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “little wallet; pocket” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Perla first appears in Social Security records in 1918. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #282 in 2003, and in 2024 175 babies received the name — 20,669 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Perla means “little wallet; pocket” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Perla is a girl name. In 2024, 175 babies received the name in the US.
Perla comes from the Spanish tradition.
Perla first appears in US records in 1918. Its best-ever ranking was #282 in 2003, and 175 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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