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Elmer

Pronounced /ˈɛlmɚ/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1928 · #900
Origin
Old English
Also recorded for boys:178 in 2024 (#1,168)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Elmer in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1928 with 67 babies, ranked #900.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1885.
  • 1,753 girls have been named Elmer since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Elmer per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
  5. 0
    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 899 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 528 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 178 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 21 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Medieval variant of the given name Aylmer, from Old English Æþelmǣr, from æþel (“noble”) +‎ mǣre (“famous”).

  • A surname transferred from the given name.
  • A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname in the 19th century U.S.
Origin
Old English
Say it
/ˈɛlmɚ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Elmer, CC BY-SA 4.0.