Relma — girls' name
32 babies named Relma in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Relma was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Relma in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Relma
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Relma between 1915 and 1932, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Relma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1932. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Relma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Relma shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Relma 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 32 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.
Relma at a glance
Last recorded 1932Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Relma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–1915
- Peak year (1920)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1932.
32 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 8 births in a single year.
Relma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 19 births that decade — 59% of Relma's all-time total
Relma decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Relma's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% 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, 1915–1932 (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.