Palmira — girls' name

What the Data Says About Palmira

The Social Security Administration has registered 852 babies named Palmira between 1911 and 2016, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Palmira currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Palmira performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Palmira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 177 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Palmira in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Palmira 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 852 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.