first name
HOMER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,540 people named Homer, 70.8% reported their origin as White, 14% as Black and 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Homer peaked in 1920, when 1,734 babies got the name.
At least 61,279 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.
Homer by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #193. The largest share of babies named Homer, 43.9%, 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 Homer is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Homer has been most common in West Virginia (4.8×), Kentucky (3.7×), and Arkansas (3.4×), and least common in Connecticut (0.08×).
49,486 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 Homer
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Homer, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Homer ranks #5,763 of 156,621, with 5,797 people. See Homer as a last name
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