Palmer

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #991in 2025
  • 1 in 7,426boys in 2025
  • +88%last ten years
  • 2.0×in North Carolina

Most popular in 1908, and up 88% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 145 recorded years as a table
Palmer, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188091
188179
1882132
188452
188574
1886108
1887128
1888132
188972
189090
1891148
189282
1893134
1894155
1895111
1896100
1897204
1898130
189994
1900140
1901188
190290
1903185
1904148
1905144
1906203
1907150
1908240
1909177
1910129
1911186
1912167
1913166
1914124
1915159
1916153
1917146
1918171
1919143
1920135
1921145
1922147
1923124
1924111
1925117
1926107
192788
192895
1929107
193092
193188
193285
193393
193467
193587
193680
193768
193853
193954
194059
194162
194254
194355
194448
194535
194631
194731
194831
194933
195022
195122
195225
195322
195416
195527
195623
195721
195818
195919
196015
196122
196220
196313
196419
196513
196616
196717
196814
196914
197016
197115
197214
197310
19749
197512
197612
197712
19787
19798
198015
198113
198211
19838
198413
198514
198620
198710
198814
198918
199023
199118
199216
199320
199426
199519
199623
199730
199843
199934
200033
200130
200228
200336
200443
200540
200648
200753
200841
200947
201043
201149
201260
201360
201458
201571
201670
201797
201895
201992
202094
2021127
2022115
2023140
2024117
2025135

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. North Carolina 2.0×
  2. Georgia 1.7×
  3. Ohio 1.6×
  4. Florida 1.4×
  5. Pennsylvania 1.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
230
Rank in 2025
#991
How rare
1 in 7,426 boys
Since 1880
9,264

Most popular in 1908, at 240 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 88% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
North Carolina2.0×41
Georgia1.7×34
Ohio1.6×32
Florida1.4×53
Pennsylvania1.2×25

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.