first name
ELMER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 38,051 people named Elmer, 48.7% reported their origin as White, 36.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.9% as Black. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Elmer peaked in 1918, when 4,416 babies got the name.
At least 131,344 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Elmer by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #109. The largest share of babies named Elmer, 48.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Elmer is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elmer has been most common in North Dakota (3.5×), South Dakota (3×), and Kentucky (2.7×), and least common in Arizona (0.32×).
109,332 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Elmer
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elmer, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Elmer ranks #5,969 of 156,621, with 5,555 people. See Elmer as a last name
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