Girls' name · since 1897
Lima
190 babies named Lima in U.S. Social Security records since 1897, with the highest year being 1904. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,349 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,489 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 1897
- 2010s
- peak decade
190 babies have been named Lima since 1897, making it today's #9489 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Lima recorded 190 times among girls since 1897, holding rank #9489 nationally today, ahead of 45% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1897 to 2025.
- #20,349 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,489 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 190 born since 1897
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lima ranks #20,349 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,489 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 190 born since 1897, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,349 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,489 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 1897
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lima's 190 recorded births place it above 71.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lima compares
190 36th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lima's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lima | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 190 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lima's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lima's SSA record in two at 1929 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1910, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1904 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–2025
- Peak year (1904)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 129 years of records
Lima by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (43 births, 23% of the file).
2010s was Lima's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Lima births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s 16
1900s
16 births
- 1910s
1910s
41 births
- 1920s
1920s
36 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 43 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Lima's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (43 total births) through the 2020s (43) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lima: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1904)
Similar record span (~128 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, 1897–2025 (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 Lima 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.