Girls' name · since 1889
Palma
Palma has 3,574 recorded births since 1889 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1925 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,209 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,991 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,574
- born since 1889
- 1920s
- peak decade
Palma currently ranks #14991 among girls' names in America, with 3,574 babies recorded since 1889.
Palma has 3,574 recorded births among girls since 1889, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14991 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1889 to 2025.
- #3,209 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,991 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,574 born since 1889
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Palma ranks #3,209 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,991 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,574 born since 1889, peaking in the 1920s.
- #3,209 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,991 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,574
- born since 1889
- 1920s
- peak decade
Palma's 3,574 recorded births place it above 95.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Palma compares
3,574 Top 17% higher than 83% of 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
Palma's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Palma | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,574 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 100 | 21 | 19,840 |
Palma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Palma splits its recorded history at 1938: 37% of all births land in the more recent half, 63% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1889 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 100 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Palma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1889–2025
- Peak year (1925)
- 100
- Annual births at peak, across 137 years of records
Palma by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (859 births, 24% of the file).
1920s was Palma's strongest decade.
859 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Palma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 83
1890s
83 births
- 1900s 174
1900s
174 births
- 1910s
1910s
648 births
- 1920s
1920s
859 births
- 1930s
1930s
559 births
- 1940s
1940s
496 births
- 1950s
1950s
450 births
- 1960s 189
1960s
189 births
- 1970s 76
1970s
76 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 859 births (24% of all-time use).
How Palma compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Palma's total volume
Palma by state
Where Palma concentrates geographically, total births since 1889
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 900 | 25.2% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 287 | 8.0% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 169 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 67 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Connecticut | | 54 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 40 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 28 | 0.8% |
| #8 | California | | 17 | 0.5% |
900 of 3,574 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Palma appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Palma's data
- Palma's decade-level peak was the 1920s (859 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Palmas (900 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Palma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~136 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, 1889–2025 (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 Palma 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.