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Palmer

Pronounced /ˈpɑmɚ/

Rank in 2024
#258
Born in 2024
1,221
Peak year
2024 · #258
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:202 in 2024 (#1,075)

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,221 girls were named Palmer, about 1 in every 1,321.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1908.
  • 8,055 girls have been named Palmer since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

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    Silent
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    Millennials
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  7. 0.4
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 106 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 25 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 90 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 19 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 57 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 368 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,390 babies, 0.36 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Middle English palmer (“a pilgrim from the Holy Land”), from Old French.

  • (countable) A male given name.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈpɑmɚ/

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