Chalmers

Where Chalmers comes from

The dictionaries list Chalmers as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1891
    Peak, #841
    6 babies named Chalmers — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1892
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1920
    Chalmers Wylie born
    American politician
  5. 1931
    Chalmers Johnson born
    American political scientist
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Chalmers Johnson · American political scientist, 1931–2010
  • Chalmers Wylie · American politician, 1920–1998
  • Chalmers Goodlin · American test pilot, 1923–2005
  • Chalmers Alford · American jazz guitarist, 1955–2008
  • Chalmers Clifton · American composer, 1889–1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.