Chalmer

Last seen for boys in 2000 at #9,112

Peak · boys
1881 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,427
since 1881

Chalmer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Chalmer has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #706, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000#9,1126
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987#6,9515
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982#6,3855
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976#4,9356
1975#5,4645
1974
1973#4,5056
1972#3,9637
1971#4,3756
1970#4,2306
1969#3,9356
1968#4,1365
1967#3,2317
1966
1965#3,5376
1964#2,40912
1963
1962#3,6406
1961#3,6526
1960#3,6656
1959
1958
1957#2,8229
1956#2,7989
1955#2,43511
1954#3,1767
1953#3,1437
1952#2,51410
1951#2,05514
1950#2,7708
1949#1,70219
1948#2,32611
1947#2,49810
1946#1,81316
1945#2,3939
1944#1,73816
1943#2,18212
1942#1,68218
1941#1,58819
1940#1,39723
1939#1,63617
1938#1,24728
1937#1,40323
1936#1,32625
1935#1,29527
1934#1,60819
1933#1,20230
1932#1,77717
1931#1,25330
1930#1,23533
1929#1,41326
1928#1,48025
1927#1,29332
1926#1,19236
1925#1,02245
1924#1,18737
1923#1,02647
1922#1,15838
1921#98151
1920#94054
1919#1,18835
1918#88956
1917#90949
1916#97243
1915#85752
1914#98632
1913#1,11221
1912#97022
1911#82416
1910
1909#1,4405
1908#1,2176
1907#1,2006
1906#1,2535
1905#1,0027
1904#8748
1903#1,0096
1902#1,0136
1901#7798
1900
1899
1898#1,1215
1897
1896#9007
1895#9786
1894
1893#8367
1892
1891#7667
1890#7398
1889#8786
1888#1,0315
1887#7527
1886#9595
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#7067
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Chalmer! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Chalmer
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
  • Biggest jump: 248 spots in 1920 (#1,188#940)
  • Biggest drop: 299 spots in 1919 (#889#1,188)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #706 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1914–1918
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,308
  • Highest: 1 in 13,308 boys born in 1901 were named Chalmer (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 327,334 boys born in 2000 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #706 in 1881, was only 1 in 14,391 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 27.4% of all boys named Chalmer (391) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s30#706 (1881)#865
1890s40#739 (1890)#890
1900s57#779 (1901)#1,087
1910s326#824 (1911)#967
1920s391#940 (1920)#1,169
1930s249#1,202 (1933)#1,398
1940s153#1,397 (1940)#1,932
1950s75#2,055 (1951)#2,714
1960s54#2,409 (1964)#3,526
1970s36#3,963 (1972)#4,579
1980s10#6,385 (1982)#6,668
1990s0
2000s6#9,112 (2000)#9,112

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.

Chalmer in 1920

boys
#940
54 births · 1 in 19,710 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #940Chalmer54
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 19,710 of them was named Chalmer, which outranked 81.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chalmer
  1. #929Lorenza55
  2. #929Terrence55
  3. #929Weston55
  4. #940Chalmer54
  5. #940Auther54
  6. #940Eloy54
  7. #940Farris54
  8. #947Abram53
  9. #947Adelbert53
  10. #947Earlie53

Tied with 6 names at #940; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920