Girls' name · since 1880
Permelia
Permelia has 551 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 551
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
551 girls have been named Permelia since 1880, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Permelia has been recorded 551 times among girls since 1880, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1963.
- #11,159 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 551 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Permelia ranks #11,159 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 551 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #11,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 551
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Permelia's 551 recorded births place it above 84.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Permelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Permelia splits its recorded history at 1922: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1898 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Permelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1963
- Peak year (1918)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Permelia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (106 births, 19% of the file).
1920s was Permelia's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Permelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 42
1880s
42 births
- 1890s
1890s
76 births
- 1900s
1900s
47 births
- 1910s
1910s
102 births
- 1920s
1920s
106 births
- 1930s
1930s
80 births
- 1940s
1940s
48 births
- 1950s
1950s
44 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 106 births (19% of all-time use).
How Permelia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Permelia's total volume
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What to do with Permelia's data
- Permelia's decade-level peak was the 1920s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Permelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~83 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Permelia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.