Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Elmer

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Elmer
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.9% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

4,373

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

95.9%

2024

178

All-time

129,416

Elmer once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 4,373 boys were named Elmer.

In 2024, only 178 boys were given the name.

Down 95.9% from its peak.

All told, about 129,416 Americans have been named Elmer and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.9% from peak

19184,373 boys named Elmer

2024178 boys named Elmer

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