Palmyra — girls' name

What the Data Says About Palmyra

The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Palmyra between 1904 and 2021, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Palmyra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Palmyra performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Palmyra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Palmyra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Palmyra 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 77 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.