Perma — girls' name

What the Data Says About Perma

The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Perma between 1922 and 1923, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Perma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1923. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Perma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Perma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Perma 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 12 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.