Comer

Last seen for boys in 1969 at #4,404

Peak · boys
1907 · 8 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
787
since 1900

Comer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Comer has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #999, 1907boys
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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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1969#4,4045
1968
1967#3,9665
1966
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1964#3,6016
1963#3,0448
1962
1961#3,6526
1960#3,6656
1959#3,2907
1958#3,2757
1957
1956#3,2167
1955#3,2017
1954#2,9428
1953#2,28712
1952#2,51410
1951#2,24612
1950#2,32111
1949#3,0197
1948#2,6089
1947#2,07614
1946#1,81316
1945#2,13111
1944#2,4679
1943#1,52921
1942#2,04213
1941#2,33310
1940#2,17911
1939#1,79515
1938#1,81815
1937#1,75616
1936#1,96413
1935#2,02913
1934#1,55120
1933#1,40523
1932#2,19112
1931#2,47110
1930#2,44411
1929#1,79318
1928#1,82218
1927#2,19314
1926#1,78719
1925#1,80619
1924#1,89418
1923#1,58923
1922#1,50325
1921#1,90418
1920#1,45726
1919#1,81118
1918#1,40426
1917#1,58721
1916#1,69818
1915#1,78216
1914#1,12726
1913#1,80310
1912#1,26814
1911#1,2908
1910#1,4216
1909#1,0209
1908#1,1137
1907#9998
1906#1,2535
1905#1,2335
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1900#1,1626
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Comer! It came in at #1,162, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Comer
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1969
  • Biggest jump: 254 spots in 1907 (#1,253#999)
  • Biggest drop: 114 spots in 1908 (#999#1,113)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1907 at #999 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 50 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1907
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,222
  • Highest: 1 in 18,222 boys born in 1909 were named Comer (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 357,635 boys born in 1969 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #999 in 1907, was only 1 in 18,353 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.2% of all boys named Comer (198) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s40#999 (1907)#1,130
1910s163#1,127 (1914)#1,519
1920s198#1,457 (1920)#1,775
1930s148#1,405 (1933)#1,942
1940s121#1,529 (1943)#2,220
1950s81#2,246 (1951)#2,810
1960s36#3,044 (1963)#3,722

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.

Comer in 1900

boys
#1,162
6 births · 1 in 25,079 boys

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #1,162Comer6
More about 1900

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 25,079 of them was named Comer, which outranked 22.8% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Comer
  1. #1,050Woody7
  2. #1,050Wright7
  3. #1,050Zenas7
  4. #1,162Comer6
  5. #1,162Acy6
  6. #1,162Adelard6
  7. #1,162Alberta6
  8. #1,310Abron5
  9. #1,310Agustus5
  10. #1,310Albertus5

Tied with 147 names at #1,162; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. 561Bertha#1,051#490
  2. 526Wilber#928#402
  3. 517Lonie#1,051#534
  4. 517Pasquale#1,051#534
  5. 473Boyce#1,051#578
Fallers
  1. 829Dora#481#1,310
  2. 697Sarah#613#1,310
  3. 697Fannie#613#1,310
  4. 681Lem#481#1,162
  5. 656Merritt#394#1,050

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

See the top 100 for 1900