Girls' name · since 1925
Epimenia
Epimenia has 23 recorded births since 1925 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1929 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #44,055 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
Epimenia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 23 have been recorded since 1925.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Epimenia has been recorded 23 times among girls since 1925, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1938.
- #44,055 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1925
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Epimenia ranks #44,055 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1925, peaking in the 1920s.
- #44,055 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
Epimenia's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Epimenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Epimenia's SSA record in two at 1929 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1925, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1929 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Epimenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1938
- Peak year (1929)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1938.
23 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 7 births in a single year.
Epimenia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (18 births, 78% of the file).
1920s was Epimenia's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Epimenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
18 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 18 births (78% of all-time use).
Epimenia decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Epimenia's data
- Epimenia's decade-level peak was the 1920s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Epimenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1929)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1925–1938 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Epimenia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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