Is Palma a boy or girl name?

Palma is a girl’s name. Of the 3,574 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Palma

Recorded 1889–2025 · United States

Palma was most popular in 1925, when 100 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,335 that year. In 2025 it ranked #24,763, with 5 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,574 people named Palma.

Palma over time

Births per year. The dot marks Palma’s peak in 1925. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Palma a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Palma is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,574 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Palma

Where Palma is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org