Elmo
#1,153 most common boys' name of all time · #2,734 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1880–2023
Rank among boys
#1,153
Rank overall
#2,734 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
10,338
Since 2016
11
Peak year
1920 #279
Best rank
#248 1909
Girls
Boys
peak 409/yr
Elmo 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,264 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,817 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,152 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,517 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,647 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,025 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,720 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,575 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,628 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,150 |
| 1994 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,603 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,240 |
| 1992 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,668 |
| 1991 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,486 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,003 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,967 |
| 1988 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,530 |
| 1987 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,347 |
| 1986 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,274 |
| 1985 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,612 |
| 1984 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1983 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,584 |
| 1982 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,287 |
| 1981 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,789 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1979 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,905 |
| 1978 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,812 |
| 1977 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,565 |
| 1976 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,831 |
| 1975 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,211 |
| 1974 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,281 |
| 1973 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,130 |
| 1972 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,649 |
| 1971 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,133 |
| 1970 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,797 |
| 1969 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,356 |
| 1968 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1967 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,369 |
| 1966 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,405 |
| 1965 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,459 |
| 1964 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,129 |
| 1963 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,258 |
| 1962 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,216 |
| 1961 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,079 |
| 1960 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,132 |
| 1959 | — | 60 | 60 | #996 |
| 1958 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,053 |
| 1957 | — | 66 | 66 | #929 |
| 1956 | — | 63 | 63 | #941 |
| 1955 | — | 71 | 71 | #878 |
| 1954 | — | 81 | 81 | #801 |
| 1953 | — | 70 | 70 | #859 |
| 1952 | — | 65 | 65 | #871 |
| 1951 | — | 86 | 86 | #752 |
| 1950 | — | 76 | 76 | #786 |
| 1949 | — | 71 | 71 | #814 |
| 1948 | — | 94 | 94 | #688 |
| 1947 | — | 100 | 100 | #692 |
| 1946 | — | 99 | 99 | #648 |
| 1945 | — | 78 | 78 | #685 |
| 1944 | — | 116 | 116 | #570 |
| 1943 | — | 121 | 121 | #577 |
| 1942 | — | 125 | 125 | #550 |
| 1941 | — | 115 | 115 | #559 |
| 1940 | — | 103 | 103 | #583 |
| 1939 | — | 113 | 113 | #537 |
| 1938 | — | 137 | 137 | #495 |
| 1937 | 5 | 128 | 133 | #508 |
| 1936 | 6 | 144 | 150 | #470 |
| 1935 | — | 148 | 148 | #466 |
| 1934 | — | 138 | 138 | #487 |
| 1933 | 5 | 150 | 155 | #450 |
| 1932 | — | 158 | 158 | #448 |
| 1931 | — | 137 | 137 | #492 |
| 1930 | — | 183 | 183 | #433 |
| 1929 | 10 | 170 | 180 | #453 |
| 1928 | 6 | 235 | 241 | #383 |
| 1927 | — | 235 | 235 | #387 |
| 1926 | 10 | 243 | 253 | #374 |
| 1925 | 17 | 273 | 290 | #357 |
| 1924 | 9 | 313 | 322 | #328 |
| 1923 | 9 | 338 | 347 | #311 |
| 1922 | 13 | 317 | 330 | #324 |
| 1921 | 10 | 370 | 380 | #293 |
| 1920 | 12 | 397 | 409 | #279 |
| 1919 | 13 | 324 | 337 | #305 |
| 1918 | 11 | 334 | 345 | #301 |
| 1917 | 18 | 366 | 384 | #265 |
| 1916 | 19 | 363 | 382 | #261 |
| 1915 | 12 | 286 | 298 | #302 |
| 1914 | 7 | 247 | 254 | #282 |
| 1913 | 16 | 197 | 213 | #281 |
| 1912 | 13 | 169 | 182 | #272 |
| 1911 | 8 | 104 | 112 | #252 |
| 1910 | 5 | 86 | 91 | #265 |
| 1909 | 7 | 80 | 87 | #248 |
| 1908 | — | 51 | 51 | #308 |
| 1907 | — | 58 | 58 | #274 |
| 1906 | 6 | 50 | 56 | #285 |
| 1905 | — | 27 | 27 | #416 |
| 1904 | — | 27 | 27 | #407 |
| 1903 | — | 27 | 27 | #376 |
| 1902 | — | 27 | 27 | #384 |
| 1901 | — | 29 | 29 | #343 |
| 1900 | — | 40 | 40 | #348 |
| 1899 | — | 20 | 20 | #421 |
| 1898 | — | 32 | 32 | #344 |
| 1897 | — | 21 | 21 | #415 |
| 1896 | — | 23 | 23 | #413 |
| 1895 | — | 26 | 26 | #376 |
| 1894 | — | 12 | 12 | #604 |
| 1893 | — | 16 | 16 | #469 |
| 1892 | — | 14 | 14 | #555 |
| 1891 | — | 15 | 15 | #461 |
| 1890 | — | 12 | 12 | #579 |
| 1889 | — | 13 | 13 | #533 |
| 1888 | — | 17 | 17 | #474 |
| 1887 | — | 8 | 8 | #686 |
| 1886 | — | 12 | 12 | #548 |
| 1885 | — | 14 | 14 | #507 |
| 1884 | — | 12 | 12 | #552 |
| 1883 | — | 16 | 16 | #453 |
| 1882 | — | 19 | 19 | #424 |
| 1881 | — | 9 | 9 | #612 |
| 1880 | — | 15 | 15 | #472 |