Delmer

Where Delmer comes from

Delmer hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #720 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1904
    Delmer Daves born
    American film director, producer, and screenwriter
  3. 1935
    Peak, #404
    182 babies named Delmer — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1949
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #770.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Delmer Daves · American film director, producer, and screenwriter, 1904–1977

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.