Palmina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Palmina

The Social Security Administration has registered 273 babies named Palmina between 1911 and 1946, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Palmina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1946. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Palmina performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Palmina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 52 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Palmina in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Palmina in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 273 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.