Darma
Darma is a name with a single cultural origin: Indonesian.
- Indonesian
Meaning & Origin of Darma
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Darma is a name with a single cultural origin: Indonesian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Indonesian
The Story of Darma
American parents first put Darma on the record books as a baby girl name in 1930, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1930, when 6 Darmas were born — ranking #4,047 that year. About 55% of every Darma on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Darma last appeared in the published SSA data in 1998, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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About the name Darma
Darma is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1930 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Darma's peak popularity came in 1930 when it ranked #4,047. Use the chart and map above to compare Darma's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.