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.

Elmer

#266 most common boys' name of all time · #578 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#266
Rank overall
#578 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
131,344
Since 2016
1,592
Peak year
1918 #44
Best rank
#33 1893
Girls Boys peak 4,416/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Elmer is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 165 165 #1,222
2024 — 181 181 #1,155
2023 — 140 140 #1,346
2022 — 168 168 #1,191
2021 — 160 160 #1,207
2020 — 138 138 #1,308
2019 — 175 175 #1,118
2018 — 145 145 #1,261
2017 — 151 151 #1,213
2016 — 169 169 #1,141
2015 — 153 153 #1,205
2014 — 169 169 #1,130
2013 — 158 158 #1,144
2012 — 143 143 #1,237
2011 — 181 181 #1,046
2010 — 195 195 #1,005
2009 — 227 227 #909
2008 — 182 182 #1,041
2007 — 244 244 #857
2006 — 221 221 #889
2005 — 227 227 #826
2004 — 214 214 #832
2003 — 307 307 #649
2002 — 227 227 #760
2001 — 237 237 #734
2000 — 188 188 #850
1999 — 178 178 #850
1998 — 215 215 #749
1997 — 222 222 #711
1996 — 225 225 #704
1995 — 212 212 #738
1994 — 186 186 #772
1993 — 205 205 #725
1992 — 236 236 #675
1991 — 210 210 #699
1990 — 215 215 #691
1989 — 167 167 #767
1988 — 168 168 #728
1987 — 160 160 #724
1986 — 149 149 #744
1985 — 140 140 #752
1984 — 163 163 #677
1983 — 150 150 #698
1982 — 151 151 #708
1981 — 157 157 #689
1980 5 162 167 #681
1979 — 191 191 #618
1978 — 166 166 #651
1977 — 176 176 #639
1976 — 184 184 #598
1975 5 187 192 #590
1974 — 222 222 #537
1973 — 209 209 #539
1972 — 245 245 #502
1971 — 271 271 #486
1970 — 286 286 #476
1969 — 300 300 #450
1968 — 307 307 #435
1967 6 306 312 #434
1966 5 319 324 #426
1965 — 376 376 #405
1964 6 389 395 #407
1963 5 409 414 #398
1962 5 434 439 #385
1961 — 478 478 #363
1960 9 515 524 #342
1959 9 529 538 #337
1958 10 549 559 #329
1957 8 660 668 #289
1956 6 656 662 #286
1955 7 714 721 #261
1954 7 673 680 #271
1953 9 688 697 #265
1952 12 761 773 #245
1951 13 842 855 #226
1950 12 809 821 #226
1949 20 866 886 #215
1948 16 971 987 #203
1947 13 997 1,010 #201
1946 11 1,046 1,057 #178
1945 15 969 984 #169
1944 18 1,069 1,087 #164
1943 15 1,311 1,326 #154
1942 18 1,228 1,246 #158
1941 16 1,202 1,218 #148
1940 13 1,220 1,233 #144
1939 25 1,327 1,352 #132
1938 22 1,332 1,354 #130
1937 25 1,413 1,438 #120
1936 36 1,412 1,448 #121
1935 28 1,592 1,620 #115
1934 36 1,709 1,745 #108
1933 29 1,787 1,816 #101
1932 35 2,058 2,093 #94
1931 36 2,265 2,301 #82
1930 43 2,476 2,519 #80
1929 51 2,697 2,748 #70
1928 67 2,977 3,044 #63
1927 54 3,205 3,259 #61
1926 60 3,233 3,293 #61
1925 51 3,356 3,407 #61
1924 48 3,731 3,779 #57
1923 44 3,630 3,674 #57
1922 51 3,738 3,789 #54
1921 56 4,146 4,202 #48
1920 48 4,206 4,254 #45
1919 53 3,982 4,035 #44
1918 43 4,373 4,416 #44
1917 48 3,812 3,860 #45
1916 43 3,936 3,979 #45
1915 44 3,802 3,846 #45
1914 29 2,878 2,907 #46
1913 31 2,323 2,354 #45
1912 27 1,840 1,867 #47
1911 22 894 916 #48
1910 17 760 777 #48
1909 28 687 715 #45
1908 22 689 711 #42
1907 9 616 625 #44
1906 10 598 608 #42
1905 21 602 623 #41
1904 11 620 631 #39
1903 12 556 568 #40
1902 8 574 582 #40
1901 9 520 529 #38
1900 18 699 717 #38
1899 6 514 520 #37
1898 13 583 596 #40
1897 8 587 595 #34
1896 10 576 586 #36
1895 5 610 615 #34
1894 12 575 587 #37
1893 12 574 586 #33
1892 11 592 603 #36
1891 8 508 516 #36
1890 9 528 537 #38
1889 6 557 563 #34
1888 — 527 527 #39
1887 — 467 467 #36
1886 — 485 485 #35
1885 9 443 452 #40
1884 — 523 523 #35
1883 — 423 423 #40
1882 — 441 441 #39
1881 — 388 388 #38
1880 — 373 373 #41