Chalmers

Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662

Peak · boys
1891 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,082
since 1880

Chalmers over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Chalmers has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #841, 1891boys
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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#10,6626
2005#10,1516
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000#9,1126
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990#6,4157
1989
1988#6,4266
1987#6,0896
1986
1985#6,5235
1984#6,3155
1983
1982#6,3855
1981
1980#6,2505
1979#6,0565
1978#4,5547
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972#3,9637
1971#3,14610
1970
1969
1968#3,6736
1967
1966
1965#3,2447
1964#2,54611
1963#3,3187
1962#4,0335
1961#3,3567
1960#2,53511
1959
1958#2,8189
1957#2,8229
1956#1,94517
1955#2,30212
1954#2,9428
1953#2,9058
1952#2,8758
1951#2,13513
1950#2,32111
1949#1,94115
1948#2,11513
1947#1,91616
1946#1,81316
1945#2,00912
1944#1,68317
1943#1,69918
1942#1,79916
1941#1,82115
1940#1,98313
1939#2,6098
1938#1,61318
1937#1,52820
1936#2,8547
1935#2,12712
1934#1,55120
1933#1,99713
1932#2,19112
1931#1,58920
1930#1,69319
1929#1,48024
1928#1,90217
1927#1,51625
1926#1,46625
1925#1,39028
1924#1,45827
1923#1,25633
1922#1,19636
1921#1,36030
1920#1,32330
1919#1,12238
1918#1,25631
1917#1,22231
1916#1,50522
1915#1,41023
1914#1,12726
1913#1,20518
1912#1,02320
1911#1,3877
1910
1909
1908#1,3735
1907
1906
1905#1,2335
1904#8748
1903
1902
1901#1,0585
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895#8727
1894#1,0745
1893
1892
1891#8416
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884#9715
1883#8925
1882
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

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


Quietest stretch: 1880–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Chalmers
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
  • Biggest jump: 202 spots in 1895 (#1,074#872)
  • Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1905 (#874#1,233)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #841 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1883–1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,015
  • Highest: 1 in 16,015 boys born in 1904 were named Chalmers (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,546 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #841 in 1891, was only 1 in 16,865 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.4% of all boys named Chalmers (275) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#892 (1883)#924
1890s18#841 (1891)#929
1900s23#874 (1904)#1,135
1910s216#1,023 (1912)#1,251
1920s275#1,196 (1922)#1,435
1930s149#1,528 (1937)#1,975
1940s151#1,683 (1944)#1,878
1950s95#1,945 (1956)#2,563
1960s54#2,535 (1960)#3,244
1970s29#3,146 (1971)#4,430
1980s32#6,089 (1987)#6,331
1990s7#6,415 (1990)#6,415
2000s18#9,112 (2000)#9,975

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.

Chalmers in 1922

boys
#1,196
36 births · 1 in 30,227 boys

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #1,196Chalmers36
More about 1922

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 30,227 of them was named Chalmers, which outranked 75.9% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chalmers
  1. #1,181Val37
  2. #1,181Verlon37
  3. #1,181Virginia37
  4. #1,196Chalmers36
  5. #1,196Arlington36
  6. #1,196Augusta36
  7. #1,196Barry36
  8. #1,222Alonza35
  9. #1,222Benjaman35
  10. #1,222Betty35

Tied with 25 names at #1,196; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922