Permelia

Last seen for girls in 1963 at #5,891

Peak · girls
1881 · 12 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
551
since 1880

Permelia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Permelia has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #491, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1963#5,8916
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1959#5,5666
1958#4,8907
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1956#5,9525
1955#5,2086
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1953#5,0406
1952#4,4837
1951#4,3857
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1949#5,2445
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1947#4,0078
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1944#4,0546
1943#4,1966
1942#3,1949
1941#3,5597
1940#3,5037
1939#2,20614
1938#3,8476
1937#4,2555
1936#4,1815
1935#3,4317
1934#3,8026
1933#3,1098
1932#2,23514
1931#3,2268
1930#3,6587
1929#2,92110
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1927#4,2866
1926#3,2699
1925#2,61713
1924#3,14410
1923#2,36615
1922#2,61213
1921#2,12018
1920#2,73112
1919#3,4528
1918#1,88720
1917#2,20415
1916#1,94917
1915#2,68810
1914#2,6388
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1912#1,62012
1911#2,4635
1910#1,9357
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1907#2,0615
1906#1,5537
1905#1,9315
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1903#1,2049
1902#1,2199
1901#1,6795
1900#1,5617
1899#1,2787
1898#1,7005
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1896#1,2138
1895#98611
1894#1,0619
1893#82613
1892#1,0179
1891#1,0937
1890#1,0997
1889#1,1476
1888#8949
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1884#9306
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1881#49112
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Permelia is popular in 1881

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Permelia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #491 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1880–1881
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,663
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.2% of all girls named Permelia (106) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s42#491 (1881)#808
1890s76#826 (1893)#1,141
1900s47#1,204 (1903)#1,601
1910s102#1,620 (1912)#2,315
1920s106#2,120 (1921)#2,896
1930s80#2,206 (1939)#3,395
1940s48#3,194 (1942)#3,965
1950s44#4,385 (1951)#5,075
1960s6#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 1881

girls
#491
12 births · 1 in 7,663 girls

Top girls' names in 1881

  1. #1Mary6,919
  2. #2Anna2,698
  3. #3Emma2,034
  4. #4Elizabeth1,852
  5. #5Margaret1,658
  6. #6Minnie1,653
  7. #7Ida1,439
  8. #8Annie1,326
  9. #9Bertha1,324
  10. #10Alice1,308
  11. #491Permelia12
More about 1881

girls

91,953 girls got a published name in 1881; 1 in 7,663 of them was named Permelia, which outranked 47.7% of the 938 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Permelia
  1. #470Sina13
  2. #470Tressie13
  3. #470Vernie13
  4. #491Permelia12
  5. #491Camille12
  6. #491Connie12
  7. #491Dell12
  8. #503Aimee11
  9. #503Alda11
  10. #503Aline11

Tied with 11 names at #491; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. ↑ 431Isa#836 → #405
  2. ↑ 389Opal#836 → #447
  3. ↑ 345Natalie#836 → #491
  4. ↑ 304Arvilla#738 → #434
  5. ↑ 304Lauretta#738 → #434
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Avis#449 → #830
  2. ↓ 365Clementine#375 → #740
  3. ↓ 364Eleanore#466 → #830
  4. ↓ 364Lonnie#466 → #830
  5. ↓ 319Luvenia#421 → #740

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1881 →