Girls' name · since 1949
Prima
Prima has 107 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1949
- 1970s
- peak decade
Prima is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 107 have been recorded since 1949.
Social Security Administration records show Prima recorded 107 times among girls since 1949, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2024.
- #26,418 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 107 born since 1949
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prima ranks #26,418 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 1949, peaking in the 1970s.
- #26,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1949
- 1970s
- peak decade
Prima's 107 recorded births place it above 63.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Prima's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Prima's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Prima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2024
- Peak year (1975)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Prima by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (55 births, 51% of the file).
1970s was Prima's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Prima births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
55 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 55 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Prima's decade-level peak was the 1970s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Prima: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~75 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, 1949–2024 (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 Prima 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.