Elmer · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Elmer.

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Its story

Popularity since 1885

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 80 recorded years as a table

Elmer, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1885	68
1889	34
1890	47
1891	43
1892	52
1893	56
1894	54
1895	21
1896	42
1897	34
1898	50
1899	26
1900	60
1901	38
1902	30
1903	46
1904	40
1905	72
1906	34
1907	28
1908	66
1909	81
1910	43
1911	53
1912	48
1913	50
1914	38
1915	45
1916	41
1917	44
1918	37
1919	47
1920	40
1921	45
1922	42
1923	36
1924	38
1925	42
1926	51
1927	45
1928	58
1929	46
1930	38
1931	34
1932	33
1933	29
1934	34
1935	27
1936	35
1937	23
1938	20
1939	23
1940	11
1941	13
1942	13
1943	11
1944	14
1945	11
1946	7
1947	7
1948	9
1949	12
1950	7
1951	7
1952	6
1953	5
1954	4
1955	4
1956	3
1957	4
1958	5
1959	4
1960	4
1962	3
1963	3
1964	3
1966	3
1967	4
1975	3
1980	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Elmer isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1980: 5
Rank in 1980: #10,392
How rare: 1 in 332,061 girls
Since 1885: 1,753

Elmer was last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1909, at 81 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Elmer doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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