Is Elmer a boy or girl name?
Elmer is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 178 boys were named Elmer, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 1.3% of the 131,169 US babies named Elmer were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,166
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Elmer since 1880
- 131,169
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 4,416 babies
Boys and girls named Elmer, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,627 | 15 | 0.3% |
| 1890s | 5,647 | 94 | 1.6% |
| 1900s | 6,161 | 148 | 2.3% |
| 1910s | 28,600 | 357 | 1.2% |
| 1920s | 34,919 | 530 | 1.5% |
| 1930s | 17,370 | 315 | 1.8% |
| 1940s | 10,879 | 155 | 1.4% |
| 1950s | 6,881 | 93 | 1.3% |
| 1960s | 3,833 | 36 | 0.9% |
| 1970s | 2,137 | 5 | 0.2% |
| 1980s | 1,567 | 5 | 0.3% |
| 1990s | 2,104 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 2,269 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 1,638 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 784 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 178 | #1,166 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 140 | #1,351 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 168 | #1,192 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 160 | #1,209 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 138 | #1,310 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 175 | #1,120 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 145 | #1,266 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 151 | #1,217 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 168 | #1,145 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 153 | #1,206 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 169 | #1,130 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 158 | #1,147 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 143 | #1,237 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 181 | #1,047 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 195 | #1,007 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 226 | #914 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 182 | #1,041 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 243 | #857 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 221 | #890 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 226 | #827 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 212 | #839 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 307 | #650 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 227 | #760 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 237 | #735 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 188 | #850 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 178 | #852 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 215 | #749 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 222 | #712 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 225 | #704 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 212 | #738 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 186 | #773 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 205 | #725 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 236 | #675 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 210 | #699 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 215 | #691 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 167 | #769 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 168 | #728 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 160 | #724 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 149 | #744 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 140 | #754 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 163 | #677 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 150 | #699 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 151 | #708 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 157 | #690 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 162 | #681 | 5 | #10,848 |
| 1979 | 191 | #621 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 166 | #652 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 176 | #641 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 184 | #598 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 187 | #590 | 5 | #9,488 |
| 1974 | 222 | #538 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 209 | #539 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 245 | #504 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 271 | #486 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 286 | #476 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 300 | #450 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 307 | #435 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 306 | #434 | 6 | #6,247 |
| 1966 | 319 | #427 | 5 | #6,864 |
| 1965 | 376 | #405 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 389 | #407 | 6 | #6,223 |
| 1963 | 409 | #398 | 5 | #6,891 |
| 1962 | 434 | #386 | 5 | #6,856 |
| 1961 | 478 | #363 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 515 | #342 | 9 | #4,549 |
| 1959 | 529 | #337 | 9 | #4,394 |
| 1958 | 549 | #329 | 10 | #4,017 |
| 1957 | 660 | #290 | 8 | #4,644 |
| 1956 | 656 | #286 | 6 | #5,476 |
| 1955 | 714 | #261 | 7 | #4,865 |
| 1954 | 673 | #271 | 7 | #4,802 |
| 1953 | 688 | #265 | 9 | #4,029 |
| 1952 | 761 | #245 | 12 | #3,248 |
| 1951 | 842 | #226 | 13 | #2,986 |
| 1950 | 809 | #226 | 12 | #3,110 |
| 1949 | 867 | #215 | 20 | #2,232 |
| 1948 | 970 | #203 | 16 | #2,521 |
| 1947 | 997 | #201 | 13 | #2,941 |
| 1946 | 1,046 | #178 | 11 | #3,089 |
| 1945 | 969 | #169 | 15 | #2,266 |
| 1944 | 1,069 | #164 | 18 | #2,050 |
| 1943 | 1,311 | #154 | 15 | #2,370 |
| 1942 | 1,228 | #158 | 18 | #2,068 |
| 1941 | 1,202 | #147 | 16 | #2,120 |
| 1940 | 1,220 | #144 | 13 | #2,336 |
| 1939 | 1,328 | #132 | 25 | #1,522 |
| 1938 | 1,330 | #130 | 22 | #1,664 |
| 1937 | 1,413 | #120 | 25 | #1,508 |
| 1936 | 1,412 | #121 | 36 | #1,191 |
| 1935 | 1,592 | #115 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1934 | 1,709 | #108 | 37 | #1,174 |
| 1933 | 1,787 | #101 | 29 | #1,334 |
| 1932 | 2,058 | #94 | 35 | #1,222 |
| 1931 | 2,265 | #82 | 36 | #1,203 |
| 1930 | 2,476 | #80 | 43 | #1,132 |
| 1929 | 2,697 | #70 | 51 | #1,018 |
| 1928 | 2,977 | #64 | 67 | #897 |
| 1927 | 3,205 | #61 | 54 | #1,045 |
| 1926 | 3,233 | #61 | 60 | #965 |
| 1925 | 3,356 | #61 | 51 | #1,066 |
| 1924 | 3,731 | #57 | 48 | #1,128 |
| 1923 | 3,630 | #57 | 44 | #1,161 |
| 1922 | 3,738 | #54 | 51 | #1,065 |
| 1921 | 4,146 | #48 | 56 | #1,007 |
| 1920 | 4,206 | #45 | 48 | #1,077 |
| 1919 | 3,982 | #44 | 53 | #989 |
| 1918 | 4,373 | #44 | 43 | #1,133 |
| 1917 | 3,812 | #45 | 48 | #1,019 |
| 1916 | 3,936 | #45 | 43 | #1,068 |
| 1915 | 3,802 | #45 | 44 | #1,003 |
| 1914 | 2,878 | #46 | 29 | #1,131 |
| 1913 | 2,323 | #45 | 31 | #965 |
| 1912 | 1,840 | #47 | 27 | #982 |
| 1911 | 894 | #48 | 22 | #938 |
| 1910 | 760 | #48 | 17 | #1,083 |
| 1909 | 687 | #45 | 28 | #766 |
| 1908 | 689 | #42 | 22 | #836 |
| 1907 | 616 | #45 | 9 | #1,429 |
| 1906 | 598 | #42 | 10 | #1,248 |
| 1905 | 602 | #41 | 21 | #804 |
| 1904 | 620 | #39 | 11 | #1,117 |
| 1903 | 556 | #40 | 12 | #1,047 |
| 1902 | 574 | #40 | 8 | #1,355 |
| 1901 | 520 | #38 | 9 | #1,160 |
| 1900 | 699 | #38 | 18 | #893 |
| 1899 | 514 | #37 | 6 | #1,462 |
| 1898 | 583 | #40 | 13 | #978 |
| 1897 | 587 | #34 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1896 | 576 | #36 | 10 | #1,066 |
| 1895 | 610 | #34 | 5 | #1,668 |
| 1894 | 575 | #37 | 12 | #918 |
| 1893 | 574 | #32 | 12 | #873 |
| 1892 | 592 | #36 | 11 | #922 |
| 1891 | 508 | #36 | 8 | #1,033 |
| 1890 | 528 | #38 | 9 | #958 |
| 1889 | 557 | #34 | 6 | #1,182 |
| 1888 | 527 | #39 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 467 | #36 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 485 | #35 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 443 | #40 | 9 | #757 |
| 1884 | 523 | #35 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 423 | #40 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 441 | #38 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 388 | #38 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 373 | #41 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Elmer reached #32 in 1893. As a girl name, it reached #757 in 1885. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Elmer
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.