NameTides

Palmer

Palmer was the #232 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,330 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #653 in Canada.

Palmer as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Palmer as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Palmer as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#232 (1,330)#1,512 (20)—#653 (46)
2024#258 (1,224)#1,672 (18)—#794 (37)
2023#277 (1,133)#2,346 (11)#630 (4)#729 (38)
2022#295 (1,075)#3,149 (7)—#632 (45)
2021#330 (996)#5,581 (3)—#766 (38)
2020#348 (888)#5,493 (3)—#745 (38)
2019#461 (675)——#1,283 (19)
2018#675 (433)#5,666 (3)—#2,344 (8)
2017#1,042 (247)#5,765 (3)—#1,506 (15)
2016#1,078 (241)#5,785 (3)—#1,906 (11)
2015#1,337 (177)——#3,286 (5)
2014#1,352 (173)——#2,905 (6)
2013#1,624 (132)——#2,376 (8)
2012#1,575 (138)——#1,904 (11)
2011#2,638 (67)———

Palmer as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Palmer 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Palmer 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#991 (230)#1,538 (17)#2,789 (6)
2024#1,076 (202)#1,758 (14)#2,062 (9)
2023#940 (240)#4,108 (4)#1,687 (11)
2022#1,090 (200)——
2021#987 (222)—#1,230 (17)
2020#1,177 (163)——
2019#1,171 (165)—#2,440 (6)
2018#1,122 (172)—#2,740 (5)
2017#1,090 (179)#4,812 (3)#2,198 (7)
2016#1,339 (133)—#2,718 (5)
2015#1,297 (137)—#1,956 (8)
2014#1,456 (112)——
2013#1,444 (114)——
2012#1,448 (114)——
2011#1,620 (94)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #232.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1908.
  • In 2025, 85% of US babies named Palmer were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Palmer is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Palmer by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #201WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #430WAIdaho: #244IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: #72NDMinnesota: #212MNIllinois: #240ILMichigan: #177MINew York: #679NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: #243ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #97SDIowa: #96IAIndiana: #168INOhio: #144OHPennsylvania: #303PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #675CAUtah: #287UTColorado: #354CONebraska: #95NEMissouri: #160MOKentucky: #133KYWest Virginia: #273WVVirginia: #272VAMaryland: #304MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #233AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #130KSArkansas: #125ARTennessee: #125TNNorth Carolina: #147NCSouth Carolina: #144SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #118OKLouisiana: #162LAMississippi: #99MSAlabama: #139ALGeorgia: #123GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #247TXFlorida: #223FL
Palmer (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#74216

Palmer (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PalmerCanadaGirls#65346
PalmerCanadaBoys#2,7896
PalmerEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
PalmerEngland & WalesBoys#1,53817
PalmerScotlandGirls—too few
PalmerUSGirls#2321,330
PalmerUSBoys#991230