first name
PALMER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,871 people named Palmer, 85.4% reported their origin as White, 6% as Black and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 59.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Palmer peaked in 2025, when 1,560 babies got the name.
At least 18,653 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.
Palmer by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #505. The largest share of babies named Palmer, 58.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Palmer is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Palmer has been most common in North Dakota (4.5×), South Dakota (2.8×), and South Carolina (2.4×), and least common in New York (0.17×).
12,405 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.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Palmer ranks #176 of 156,621, with 151,165 people. See Palmer as a last name
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