Almer

Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,952 · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to boys 63.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1887 · 8 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
559
since 1880

Almer over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #1,332, 1891peak #679, 1887girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1988#7,2705
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1970#4,7245
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1960#4,0385
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1956#5,9525
1955
1954#2,59210
1953#3,4256
1952
1951#2,8448
1950#3,0217
1949#1,82017
1948
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1946#2,27111
1945#4,0256#3,3385
1944#3,1096
1943#2,7328
1942#2,9407
1941#3,2528#3,1336
1940#4,3495#2,08112
1939#3,4297
1938#2,57911#2,6468
1937#3,8006#2,33210
1936#3,7016#2,18411
1935#2,9517
1934#4,2865#2,26611
1933#2,8689#3,2686
1932#3,5687#2,46510
1931#4,3315#1,69318
1930#2,84510#4,0015
1929#2,92110#2,19913
1928#2,49713#2,27013
1927#3,8757
1926#3,8737#2,07415
1925#3,6648#1,80619
1924#2,51414#1,62823
1923#2,91711#2,61411
1922#3,3799#2,80110
1921#2,63313#2,15215
1920#2,46314#1,69421
1919#2,26415#1,97316
1918#3,2449#1,44625
1917#3,0929#1,43724
1916#2,24614#1,77117
1915#2,14314#1,96814
1914#3,1886#1,77213
1913#1,88311#1,58012
1912#2,9795#1,35313
1911#2,1916#1,3877
1910
1909#1,9576
1908#1,35710#9469
1907
1906#75211
1905#1,6966
1904#1,8775#8748
1903
1902#1,1375
1901#1,0585
1900
1899#9286
1898#1,7005
1897
1896#9826
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891#1,3325
1890
1889
1888
1887#6798
1886
1885
1884#8486
1883
1882#9435
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Almer was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Almer
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1887 at #679 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · 1880–1908
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,105
  • Highest: 1 in 12,105 boys born in 1906 were named Almer (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 382,857 boys born in 1988 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #679 in 1887, was only 1 in 12,676 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 25.2% of all boys named Almer (141) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1960
  • Mostly girls until 1959, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24#679 (1887)#845
1890s12#928 (1899)#955
1900s38#752 (1906)#953
1910s141#1,353 (1912)#1,632
1920s140#1,628 (1924)#2,138
1930s86#1,693 (1931)#2,645
1940s72#1,820 (1949)#2,678
1950s31#2,592 (1954)#2,971
1960s5#4,038 (1960)#4,038
1970s5#4,724 (1970)#4,724
1980s5#7,270 (1988)#7,270

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Almer in 1915

girls
#2,143
14 births · 1 in 70,275 girls
boys
#1,968
14 births · 1 in 60,613 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #2,143Almer14

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #1,968Almer14
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 70,275 of them was named Almer, which outranked 56.9% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Almer
  1. #2,050Willis15
  2. #2,050Yolande15
  3. #2,050Zoa15
  4. #2,143Almer14
  5. #2,143Adelene14
  6. #2,143Ailie14
  7. #2,143Alexina14
  8. #2,255Agustina13
  9. #2,255Alfretta13
  10. #2,255Allison13

Tied with 111 names at #2,143; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 60,613 of them was named Almer, which outranked 55.2% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Almer
  1. #1,878Wilho15
  2. #1,878Worley15
  3. #1,878Xavier15
  4. #1,968Almer14
  5. #1,968Aden14
  6. #1,968Akira14
  7. #1,968Alexis14
  8. #2,070Alferd13
  9. #2,070Amil13
  10. #2,070Arlee13

Tied with 101 names at #1,968; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915