Permelia
Last seen for girls in 1963 at #5,891
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 12 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 551since 1880
Permelia over time
Rank among girls' names. Permelia has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
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| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | #826 | 13 |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 |
| 1887 | — | |
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| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #491 | 12 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Permelia was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Permelia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
- Biggest jump: 191 spots in 1893 (#1,017 → #826)
- Biggest drop: 253 spots in 1889 (#894 → #1,147)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #491 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1880–1881
- Highest: 1 in 7,663 girls born in 1881 were named Permelia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,251 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
- 19.2% of all girls named Permelia (106) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | #491 (1881) | #808 |
| 1890s | 76 | #826 (1893) | #1,141 |
| 1900s | 47 | #1,204 (1903) | #1,601 |
| 1910s | 102 | #1,620 (1912) | #2,315 |
| 1920s | 106 | #2,120 (1921) | #2,896 |
| 1930s | 80 | #2,206 (1939) | #3,395 |
| 1940s | 48 | #3,194 (1942) | #3,965 |
| 1950s | 44 | #4,385 (1951) | #5,075 |
| 1960s | 6 | #5,891 (1963) | #5,891 |
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.
Permelia in 1888
Top girls' names in 1888
More about 1888
girls
178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 19,847 of them was named Permelia, which outranked 39.3% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #837Verona10
- #837Vira10
- #837Zelia10
- #894Permelia9
- #894Abby9
- #894Aletha9
- #894Alverta9
- #959Adline8
- #959Agness8
- #959Aida8
Tied with 64 names at #894; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
- ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
- ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.