Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Delmer

#1,363 most common boys' name of all time · #3,270 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among boys
#1,363
Rank overall
#3,270 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
7,670
Since 2016
42
Peak year
1924 #427
Best rank
#406 1935
Girls Boys peak 205/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Delmer first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,047
2023 — 10 10 #7,757
2021 — 10 10 #7,607
2020 — 7 7 #9,579
2017 — 5 5 #12,289
2016 — 5 5 #12,229
2015 — 6 6 #10,681
2014 — 8 8 #8,801
2012 — 13 13 #6,321
2011 — 5 5 #12,318
2010 — 5 5 #12,276
2009 — 8 8 #9,012
2008 — 8 8 #9,040
2007 — 9 9 #8,201
2006 — 12 12 #6,478
2004 — 8 8 #8,176
2003 — 5 5 #10,940
2002 — 6 6 #9,423
2001 — 8 8 #7,571
2000 — 8 8 #7,449
1999 — 8 8 #7,166
1997 — 11 11 #5,305
1996 — 7 7 #7,173
1995 — 7 7 #7,024
1994 — 11 11 #5,127
1993 — 5 5 #8,752
1992 — 6 6 #7,472
1990 — 16 16 #3,627
1989 — 16 16 #3,468
1988 — 11 11 #4,187
1987 — 9 9 #4,601
1986 — 7 7 #5,368
1985 — 10 10 #4,076
1984 — 8 8 #4,583
1983 — 9 9 #4,172
1982 — 14 14 #3,130
1981 — 14 14 #3,053
1980 — 10 10 #3,866
1979 — 15 15 #2,912
1978 — 17 17 #2,581
1977 — 19 19 #2,376
1976 — 29 29 #1,754
1975 — 20 20 #2,223
1974 — 23 23 #1,944
1973 — 21 21 #1,993
1972 — 23 23 #1,883
1971 — 22 22 #1,934
1970 — 32 32 #1,502
1969 — 24 24 #1,696
1968 — 38 38 #1,239
1967 — 28 28 #1,455
1966 — 42 42 #1,152
1965 — 38 38 #1,237
1964 — 40 40 #1,225
1963 — 43 43 #1,178
1962 — 45 45 #1,154
1961 — 45 45 #1,185
1960 — 54 54 #1,053
1959 — 54 54 #1,055
1958 — 64 64 #953
1957 — 51 51 #1,066
1956 — 72 72 #885
1955 — 82 82 #810
1954 — 86 86 #771
1953 — 77 77 #824
1952 — 80 80 #789
1951 — 80 80 #787
1950 — 81 81 #764
1949 — 80 80 #771
1948 — 109 109 #652
1947 — 112 112 #655
1946 — 127 127 #571
1945 — 96 96 #618
1944 — 113 113 #578
1943 — 123 123 #571
1942 — 134 134 #529
1941 — 131 131 #517
1940 — 134 134 #502
1939 — 155 155 #463
1938 — 180 180 #426
1937 — 172 172 #432
1936 5 181 186 #406
1935 — 182 182 #406
1934 — 185 185 #412
1933 — 158 158 #438
1932 — 176 176 #423
1931 — 171 171 #434
1930 — 178 178 #440
1929 5 192 197 #427
1928 — 185 185 #440
1927 — 181 181 #456
1926 — 186 186 #445
1925 — 190 190 #435
1924 — 205 205 #427
1923 — 204 204 #424
1922 — 180 180 #462
1921 — 194 194 #441
1920 — 189 189 #442
1919 — 188 188 #430
1918 — 160 160 #469
1917 6 154 160 #459
1916 — 137 137 #484
1915 — 113 113 #524
1914 — 80 80 #559
1913 — 66 66 #536
1912 — 45 45 #618
1911 — 25 25 #621
1910 — 18 18 #726
1909 — 20 20 #612
1908 — 17 17 #654
1907 — 24 24 #483
1906 — 9 9 #899
1905 — 5 5 #1,314
1904 — 11 11 #750
1903 — 12 12 #690
1902 — 12 12 #682
1901 — 11 11 #676
1900 — 9 9 #946
1899 — 9 9 #769
1897 — 7 7 #919
1894 — 8 8 #848
1893 — 8 8 #823
1891 — 5 5 #1,070
1887 — 5 5 #1,025
1886 — 6 6 #928
1885 — 5 5 #1,044
1883 — 7 7 #793