Palma

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births

Peak · girls
1914 · 69 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,574
since 1889

Palma over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Palma has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #692, 1914girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024
2023#15,1945
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004#16,0995
2003
2002#15,4325
2001
2000
1999
1998#14,1225
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987#11,3255
1986
1985
1984
1983#10,2755
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977#9,6525
1976#6,0489
1975#7,9846
1974#7,6806
1973#5,19110
1972#3,40418
1971#5,5439
1970#4,24613
1969#5,9747
1968#4,00012
1967#2,78120
1966#3,26615
1965#2,83319
1964#2,75221
1963#2,25228
1962#2,92218
1961#2,54323
1960#2,30726
1959#1,69542
1958#2,07329
1957#1,80836
1956#1,59844
1955#1,69137
1954#1,31757
1953#1,28857
1952#1,42047
1951#1,41544
1950#1,22457
1949#1,05073
1948#1,34547
1947#1,23853
1946#1,33742
1945#1,23242
1944#1,23641
1943#1,12451
1942#97964
1941#1,27136
1940#1,04647
1939#1,09143
1938#1,05546
1937#1,14439
1936#92954
1935#86164
1934#96651
1933#97350
1932#82669
1931#83068
1930#81875
1929#86168
1928#82576
1927#78685
1926#72999
1925#736100
1924#79288
1923#74197
1922#81980
1921#74796
1920#86570
1919#72892
1918#72797
1917#70396
1916#74483
1915#72484
1914#69269
1913#94632
1912#78141
1911#95821
1910#73733
1909#1,15213
1908#84921
1907#71028
1906#87218
1905#92616
1904#1,00113
1903#78919
1902#81818
1901#1,06710
1900#88518
1899#1,0999
1898#96313
1897#98211
1896#1,4166
1895#72519
1894#1,0619
1893#95510
1892
1891#1,2136
1890
1889#1,2795
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Palma! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1890, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Palma
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • Biggest jump: 434 spots in 1897 (#1,416#982)
  • Biggest drop: 691 spots in 1896 (#725#1,416)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1914 at #692 (69 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 44 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1910–1936
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,037
  • Highest: 1 in 11,037 girls born in 1914 were named Palma (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.0% of all girls named Palma (859) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,279 (1889)#1,279
1890s83#725 (1895)#1,052
1900s174#710 (1907)#907
1910s648#692 (1914)#774
1920s859#729 (1926)#790
1930s559#818 (1930)#949
1940s496#979 (1942)#1,186
1950s450#1,224 (1950)#1,553
1960s189#2,252 (1963)#3,163
1970s76#3,404 (1972)#6,219
1980s10#10,275 (1983)#10,800
1990s5#14,122 (1998)#14,122
2000s10#15,432 (2002)#15,766
2010s0
2020s10#14,942 (2025)#15,068

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Palma in 1907

girls
#710
28 births · 1 in 11,377 girls

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #710Palma28
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 11,377 of them was named Palma, which outranked 70.4% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Palma
  1. #702Ouida29
  2. #702Retta29
  3. #702William29
  4. #710Palma28
  5. #710Augustine28
  6. #710Berenice28
  7. #710Clarissa28
  8. #726Adah27
  9. #726Ara27
  10. #726Astrid27

Tied with 15 names at #710; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. 1,028Lota#1,951#923
  2. 1,028Tula#1,951#923
  3. 961Cleda#1,951#990
  4. 961Ingrid#1,951#990
  5. 961Santa#1,951#990
Fallers
  1. 926Macy#895#1,821
  2. 742Libbie#642#1,384
  3. 736Hertha#776#1,512
  4. 719Zadie#793#1,512
  5. 674Anabel#965#1,639

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1907