Palmira

Girl · recorded 1911–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 1916best year

Most popular in 1916.

Last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1911

091819111937196419902016

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 86 recorded years as a table
Palmira, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191114
191211
191318
191513
191618
191710
191812
191913
192011
192115
192212
192311
192416
19259
192616
192711
192813
19295
193014
19317
19327
19336
19346
19357
19367
19378
19385
19396
19406
19414
19427
194311
19445
19458
19465
19475
194810
19494
19504
19516
19527
19534
19548
19558
19564
19575
19582
19598
19609
19617
19627
19637
19645
19656
19667
19677
19688
19698
19706
19714
19724
19738
19746
19754
19763
19775
19794
19805
19813
19825
19835
19875
198810
19894
19904
19914
19924
19933
19944
19953
19983
19993
20013
20033
20113
20163

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Palmira 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2016
5
Rank in 2016
#16,215
How rare
1 in 354,404 girls
Since 1911
852

Palmira was last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1916, at 18 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Palmira doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.