Palma
Palma is both a surname and a given name of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian origin. Notable people with the name include:Palma Vecchio, Italian painter Palma il Giovane (1548/50–1628), Italian painter Adalberto Palma, Mexican football player Adiel Palma, Cuban baseball player Alejandra Palma, Argentine field hockey player Andrea Palma (architect) (1644/64–1730), Italian architect Andrea Palma…
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Palma
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Palma is both a surname and a given name of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian origin. Notable people with the name include:Palma Vecchio, Italian painter Palma il Giovane (1548/50–1628), Italian painter Adalberto Palma, Mexican football player Adiel Palma, Cuban baseball player Alejandra Palma, Argentine field hockey player Andrea Palma (architect) (1644/64–1730), Italian architect Andrea Palma…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Palma
Palma first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1889, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1925: 100 births, good for #736 nationwide. About 24% of every Palma on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Palma last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Palma
Palma is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1889 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Palma's peak popularity came in 1925 when it ranked #736. Use the chart and map above to compare Palma'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 .
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