Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Palma.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1889
Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.
See the 94 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1889 | 28 |
| 1891 | 32 |
| 1893 | 47 |
| 1894 | 40 |
| 1895 | 81 |
| 1896 | 25 |
| 1897 | 47 |
| 1898 | 50 |
| 1899 | 39 |
| 1900 | 60 |
| 1901 | 42 |
| 1902 | 68 |
| 1903 | 73 |
| 1904 | 47 |
| 1905 | 55 |
| 1906 | 61 |
| 1907 | 88 |
| 1908 | 63 |
| 1909 | 37 |
| 1910 | 83 |
| 1911 | 50 |
| 1912 | 73 |
| 1913 | 51 |
| 1914 | 91 |
| 1915 | 85 |
| 1916 | 79 |
| 1917 | 89 |
| 1918 | 84 |
| 1919 | 81 |
| 1920 | 58 |
| 1921 | 78 |
| 1922 | 67 |
| 1923 | 80 |
| 1924 | 70 |
| 1925 | 82 |
| 1926 | 84 |
| 1927 | 71 |
| 1928 | 66 |
| 1929 | 61 |
| 1930 | 67 |
| 1931 | 64 |
| 1932 | 65 |
| 1933 | 50 |
| 1934 | 49 |
| 1935 | 61 |
| 1936 | 52 |
| 1937 | 37 |
| 1938 | 42 |
| 1939 | 39 |
| 1940 | 41 |
| 1941 | 30 |
| 1942 | 47 |
| 1943 | 37 |
| 1944 | 31 |
| 1945 | 32 |
| 1946 | 27 |
| 1947 | 30 |
| 1948 | 28 |
| 1949 | 43 |
| 1950 | 33 |
| 1951 | 24 |
| 1952 | 25 |
| 1953 | 30 |
| 1954 | 29 |
| 1955 | 19 |
| 1956 | 22 |
| 1957 | 18 |
| 1958 | 14 |
| 1959 | 21 |
| 1960 | 13 |
| 1961 | 11 |
| 1962 | 9 |
| 1963 | 15 |
| 1964 | 11 |
| 1965 | 11 |
| 1966 | 9 |
| 1967 | 12 |
| 1968 | 7 |
| 1969 | 4 |
| 1970 | 7 |
| 1971 | 5 |
| 1972 | 12 |
| 1973 | 7 |
| 1974 | 4 |
| 1975 | 4 |
| 1976 | 6 |
| 1977 | 3 |
| 1983 | 3 |
| 1987 | 3 |
| 1998 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Palma isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.
More like it
More like Palma
- Dalma, Sounds similar
- Plumie, Sounds similar
- Pelma, Sounds similar
- Alma, Sounds similar
- Plummie, Sounds similar
- Pluma, Sounds similar
- Paloma, Sounds similar
- Pauline, Sounds similar, popular the same years
- Plum, Sounds similar
- Plina, Sounds similar, popular the same years
- Pauleen, Sounds similar, popular the same years
- Paulena, Sounds similar, popular the same years
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 2025
- 5
- Rank in 2025
- #14,942
- How rare
- 1 in 321,453 girls
- Since 1889
- 3,574
Most popular in 1914, at 91 per million girls born.
There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Palma doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.