Permelia — girls' name
551 babies named Permelia in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
19% of everyone ever named Permelia was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Permelia in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Permelia
The Social Security Administration has registered 551 babies named Permelia between 1880 and 1963, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Permelia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Permelia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Permelia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Permelia 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 551 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.
Permelia at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Permelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
551 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 20 births in a single year.
Permelia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 106 births that decade — 19% of Permelia's all-time total
Permelia decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Permelia's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.