Perlene
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Meaning & Origin of Perlene
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mozzarella is a semi-soft non-aged cheese prepared using the pasta filata ('stretched-curd') method. It originated in southern Italy.
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Etymology
The Story of Perlene
The earliest SSA record of Perlene as a baby girl name dates back to 1916, when 7 babies received it. 1923 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Perlene — #3,641 in the national rankings. About 61% of every Perlene on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Perlene last appeared in the published SSA data in 1946, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 56 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Perlene
Perlene is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 56 births in the dataset. Perlene's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #3,641. Use the chart and map above to compare Perlene's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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