Palmer**
#1,095 most common girls' name of all time · #1,942 across all names · 50% boys / 50% girls · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,095
Rank overall
#1,942 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
18,653
Since 2016
10,148
Peak year
2025 #232
Best rank
#232 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 1,560/yr
Palmer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,330 | 230 | 1,560 | #232 |
| 2024 | 1,224 | 202 | 1,426 | #258 |
| 2023 | 1,133 | 240 | 1,373 | #277 |
| 2022 | 1,075 | 200 | 1,275 | #296 |
| 2021 | 996 | 222 | 1,218 | #330 |
| 2020 | 888 | 163 | 1,051 | #348 |
| 2019 | 675 | 165 | 840 | #461 |
| 2018 | 433 | 172 | 605 | #675 |
| 2017 | 247 | 179 | 426 | #1,042 |
| 2016 | 241 | 133 | 374 | #1,079 |
| 2015 | 177 | 137 | 314 | #1,340 |
| 2014 | 173 | 112 | 285 | #1,352 |
| 2013 | 132 | 114 | 246 | #1,625 |
| 2012 | 138 | 114 | 252 | #1,576 |
| 2011 | 67 | 94 | 161 | #2,643 |
| 2010 | 13 | 83 | 96 | #8,709 |
| 2009 | 17 | 94 | 111 | #7,349 |
| 2008 | 20 | 84 | 104 | #6,565 |
| 2007 | 24 | 109 | 133 | #5,719 |
| 2006 | 14 | 98 | 112 | #8,251 |
| 2005 | 10 | 80 | 90 | #10,138 |
| 2004 | 11 | 86 | 97 | #9,283 |
| 2003 | 10 | 72 | 82 | #9,692 |
| 2002 | 7 | 54 | 61 | #12,208 |
| 2001 | 8 | 58 | 66 | #11,035 |
| 2000 | 7 | 65 | 72 | #11,837 |
| 1999 | 5 | 66 | 71 | #14,440 |
| 1998 | 12 | 82 | 94 | #7,546 |
| 1997 | 5 | 56 | 61 | #13,758 |
| 1996 | 9 | 44 | 53 | #8,835 |
| 1995 | 7 | 36 | 43 | #10,544 |
| 1994 | 8 | 51 | 59 | #9,599 |
| 1993 | 7 | 39 | 46 | #10,616 |
| 1992 | 8 | 31 | 39 | #9,521 |
| 1991 | — | 36 | 36 | — |
| 1990 | — | 48 | 48 | — |
| 1989 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #12,401 |
| 1988 | — | 27 | 27 | — |
| 1987 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1986 | 8 | 36 | 44 | #7,774 |
| 1985 | — | 25 | 25 | — |
| 1984 | — | 24 | 24 | — |
| 1983 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1982 | — | 20 | 20 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #10,451 |
| 1980 | — | 27 | 27 | — |
| 1979 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1978 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1977 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1976 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1975 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1974 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1973 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1972 | — | 23 | 23 | — |
| 1971 | — | 27 | 27 | — |
| 1970 | — | 30 | 30 | — |
| 1969 | — | 25 | 25 | — |
| 1968 | 7 | 24 | 31 | #5,667 |
| 1967 | 7 | 29 | 36 | #5,494 |
| 1966 | — | 28 | 28 | — |
| 1965 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #6,580 |
| 1964 | 7 | 38 | 45 | #5,501 |
| 1963 | — | 26 | 26 | — |
| 1962 | — | 41 | 41 | — |
| 1961 | 6 | 46 | 52 | #5,880 |
| 1960 | 6 | 33 | 39 | #5,722 |
| 1959 | 8 | 40 | 48 | #4,658 |
| 1958 | — | 38 | 38 | — |
| 1957 | 8 | 46 | 54 | #4,563 |
| 1956 | 6 | 49 | 55 | #5,363 |
| 1955 | 5 | 56 | 61 | #5,870 |
| 1954 | 5 | 33 | 38 | #5,805 |
| 1953 | — | 44 | 44 | — |
| 1952 | — | 48 | 48 | — |
| 1951 | — | 42 | 42 | — |
| 1950 | 13 | 39 | 52 | #2,923 |
| 1949 | 10 | 59 | 69 | #3,417 |
| 1948 | 6 | 54 | 60 | #4,677 |
| 1947 | 10 | 57 | 67 | #3,474 |
| 1946 | — | 50 | 50 | — |
| 1945 | — | 47 | 47 | — |
| 1944 | 5 | 66 | 71 | #4,615 |
| 1943 | — | 79 | 79 | — |
| 1942 | — | 74 | 74 | — |
| 1941 | — | 76 | 76 | — |
| 1940 | — | 68 | 68 | — |
| 1939 | — | 60 | 60 | — |
| 1938 | — | 59 | 59 | — |
| 1937 | — | 73 | 73 | — |
| 1936 | — | 83 | 83 | — |
| 1935 | — | 91 | 91 | — |
| 1934 | — | 69 | 69 | — |
| 1933 | 8 | 92 | 100 | #3,139 |
| 1932 | 7 | 89 | 96 | #3,588 |
| 1931 | — | 92 | 92 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | 101 | 106 | #4,580 |
| 1929 | — | 115 | 115 | — |
| 1928 | — | 105 | 105 | — |
| 1927 | — | 99 | 99 | — |
| 1926 | 9 | 119 | 128 | #3,298 |
| 1925 | 7 | 131 | 138 | #4,051 |
| 1924 | 7 | 126 | 133 | #4,022 |
| 1923 | 9 | 136 | 145 | #3,374 |
| 1922 | 6 | 160 | 166 | #4,474 |
| 1921 | 9 | 160 | 169 | #3,424 |
| 1920 | 7 | 144 | 151 | #3,992 |
| 1919 | — | 140 | 140 | — |
| 1918 | 7 | 173 | 180 | #3,897 |
| 1917 | 11 | 135 | 146 | #2,707 |
| 1916 | 5 | 136 | 141 | #4,449 |
| 1915 | 5 | 135 | 140 | #4,304 |
| 1914 | — | 81 | 81 | — |
| 1913 | 7 | 85 | 92 | #2,562 |
| 1912 | 5 | 72 | 77 | #3,008 |
| 1911 | — | 42 | 42 | — |
| 1910 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #2,434 |
| 1909 | — | 29 | 29 | — |
| 1908 | 7 | 37 | 44 | #1,700 |
| 1907 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1906 | — | 27 | 27 | — |
| 1905 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1904 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1903 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1902 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1901 | — | 20 | 20 | — |
| 1900 | — | 21 | 21 | — |
| 1899 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1898 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1897 | — | 23 | 23 | — |
| 1896 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1895 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1894 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1893 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1892 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1891 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1890 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1889 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1888 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1887 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1886 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1885 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1884 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1882 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1881 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1880 | — | 10 | 10 | — |