NameTides

Elmer

Elmer was the #1,222 boys' name in the US in 2025 (165 babies).

Elmer as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Elmer as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020US
Elmer as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,222 (165)——
2024#1,155 (181)#3,689 (5)—
2023#1,346 (140)——
2022#1,191 (168)#4,790 (3)#2,810 (5)
2021#1,207 (160)——
2020#1,308 (138)#3,848 (4)—
2019#1,118 (175)——
2018#1,261 (145)——
2017#1,213 (151)—#2,762 (5)
2016#1,141 (169)—#2,718 (5)
2015#1,205 (153)——
2014#1,130 (169)#4,632 (3)—
2013#1,144 (158)—#2,606 (5)
2012#1,237 (143)—#2,158 (7)
2011#1,046 (181)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1897 at #34.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Elmer is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,200 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elmer by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #829MINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #512INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #397PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,217TXFlorida: #1,625FL
Elmer (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElmerCanadaBoys—too few
ElmerEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ElmerUSGirls—too few
ElmerUSBoys#1,222165