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How popular is “Palma” in the USA?

Number of people named “Palma” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Palma” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Palma” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Palma” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Palma” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Palma” by birth year

This chart shows how “Palma” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 100%
1895 19 0.000054128 19 100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 100%
1902 18 0.000046544 18 100%
1903 19 0.000049843 19 100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 100%
1905 16 0.000037743 16 100%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 100%
1907 28 0.000060165 28 100%
1908 21 0.000042976 21 100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 100%
1910 33 0.000055865 33 100%
1911 21 0.000032595 21 100%
1912 41 0.000041495 41 100%
1913 32 0.000028142 32 100%
1914 69 0.000048717 69 100%
1915 84 0.000045841 84 100%
1916 83 0.000042907 83 100%
1917 96 0.000047839 96 100%
1918 97 0.000044678 97 100%
1919 92 0.000043597 92 100%
1920 70 0.000030937 70 100%
1921 96 0.000041122 96 100%
1922 80 0.000034947 80 100%
1923 97 0.000042128 97 100%
1924 88 0.00003695 88 100%
1925 100 0.000042858 100 100%
1926 99 0.00004312 99 100%
1927 85 0.000036648 85 100%
1928 76 0.000033614 76 100%
1929 68 0.00003102 68 100%
1930 75 0.000033734 75 100%
1931 68 0.000032313 68 100%
1932 69 0.000032681 69 100%
1933 50 0.000025007 50 100%
1934 51 0.000024557 51 100%
1935 64 0.000030623 64 100%
1936 54 0.000025992 54 100%
1937 39 0.000018304 39 100%
1938 46 0.00002079 46 100%
1939 43 0.000019515 43 100%
1940 47 0.000020411 47 100%
1941 36 0.000014776 36 100%
1942 64 0.000023428 64 100%
1943 51 0.000018069 51 100%
1944 41 0.000015241 41 100%
1945 42 0.000015832 42 100%
1946 42 0.000013144 42 100%
1947 53 0.000014713 53 100%
1948 47 0.000013613 47 100%
1949 73 0.000020948 73 100%
1950 57 0.00001627 57 100%
1951 44 0.000011944 44 100%
1952 47 0.000012375 47 100%
1953 57 0.000014791 57 100%
1954 57 0.000014319 57 100%
1955 37 0.000009215 37 100%
1956 44 0.000010672 44 100%
1957 36 0.000008567 36 100%
1958 29 0.000007015 29 100%
1959 43 0.000010342 43 100%
1960 25 0.000006019 25 100%
1961 23 0.000005552 23 100%
1962 18 0.000004461 18 100%
1963 28 0.000007074 28 100%
1964 21 0.000005402 21 100%
1965 19 0.000005241 19 100%
1966 15 0.000004316 15 100%
1967 20 0.000005891 20 100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 100%
1972 18 0.000005727 18 100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 100%

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