Pluma — girls' name

What the Data Says About Pluma

The Social Security Administration has registered 506 babies named Pluma between 1884 and 1951, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pluma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1951. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pluma performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Pluma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pluma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pluma 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 506 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.