Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Homer

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

Endangered Down 98.5% from peak

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

1,722

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

98.5%

2024

All-time

60,891

Homer 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 1920, when 1,722 boys were named Homer.

In 2024, only 26 boys were given the name.

Down 98.5% from its peak.

All told, about 60,891 Americans have been named Homer and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.5% from peak

19201,722 boys named Homer

202426 boys named Homer

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