Delmer

Last seen for girls in 1936 at #4,181 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1935 · 182 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,654
since 1883

Delmer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Delmer has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #404, 1935boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024
2023#7,73810
2022
2021#7,58710
2020#9,5547
2019
2018
2017#12,2465
2016#12,1855
2015#10,6446
2014#8,7818
2013
2012#6,30613
2011#12,2875
2010#12,2315
2009#8,9858
2008#9,0198
2007#8,1739
2006#6,46012
2005
2004#8,1438
2003#10,8945
2002#9,3926
2001#7,5368
2000#7,4168
1999#7,1398
1998
1997#5,28811
1996#7,1367
1995#6,9927
1994#5,10911
1993#8,7005
1992#7,4226
1991
1990#3,60716
1989#3,44616
1988#4,16211
1987#4,5739
1986#5,3327
1985#4,05210
1984#4,5528
1983#4,1419
1982#3,10814
1981#3,03014
1980#3,83810
1979#2,89715
1978#2,56817
1977#2,36119
1976#1,74829
1975#2,20520
1974#1,93423
1973#1,98221
1972#1,87123
1971#1,91622
1970#1,49432
1969#1,68024
1968#1,23338
1967#1,44928
1966#1,14942
1965#1,23338
1964#1,21940
1963#1,17543
1962#1,14745
1961#1,17945
1960#1,04554
1959#1,05054
1958#95064
1957#1,06351
1956#88072
1955#80782
1954#76886
1953#81977
1952#78680
1951#78580
1950#76181
1949#77080
1948#647109
1947#651112
1946#570127
1945#61696
1944#577113
1943#570123
1942#528134
1941#516131
1940#501134
1939#463155
1938#425180
1937#430172
1936#4,1815#406181
1935#404182
1934#409185
1933#438158
1932#422176
1931#434171
1930#439178
1929#4,5705#425192
1928#440185
1927#454181
1926#444186
1925#433190
1924#427205
1923#424204
1922#461180
1921#441194
1920#441189
1919#429188
1918#469160
1917#4,0836#454154
1916#484137
1915#522113
1914#55580
1913#53166
1912#60845
1911#60525
1910#70718
1909#59020
1908#63217
1907#47224
1906#8529
1905#1,2335
1904#72311
1903#65612
1902#65112
1901#63711
1900#9029
1899#7149
1898
1897#8527
1896
1895
1894#7878
1893#7688
1892
1891#9635
1890
1889
1888
1887#9215
1886#8456
1885#9365
1884
1883#7207
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Delmer! It came in at #720, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Delmer
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,454 spots since 2020 (#9,554#12,008)
  • 1,364 spots since 2015 (#10,644#12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 381 spots in 1906 (#1,233#852)
  • Biggest drop: 510 spots in 1905 (#723#1,233)
Rise & fade · boys
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1935 at #404 (182 births)
  • Births halved by 1949, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 66 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1906–1956
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,213
  • Highest: 1 in 5,213 boys born in 1919 were named Delmer (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #404 in 1935, was only 1 in 5,722 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.9% of all boys named Delmer (1,906) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23#720 (1883)#856
1890s37#714 (1899)#817
1900s130#472 (1907)#735
1910s986#429 (1919)#536
1920s1,906#424 (1923)#439
1930s1,738#404 (1935)#427
1940s1,159#501 (1940)#595
1950s727#761 (1950)#867
1960s397#1,045 (1960)#1,251
1970s221#1,494 (1970)#2,098
1980s108#3,030 (1981)#4,023
1990s71#3,607 (1990)#6,424
2000s72#6,460 (2006)#8,446
2010s47#6,306 (2012)#10,669
2020s32#7,587 (2021)#9,222

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.

Delmer in 1887

boys
#921
5 births · 1 in 20,282 boys

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #921Delmer5
More about 1887

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 20,282 of them was named Delmer, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delmer
  1. #819Woodie6
  2. #819Wright6
  3. #819Yancy6
  4. #921Delmer5
  5. #921Ab5
  6. #921Abbie5
  7. #921Ada5

Tied with 146 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. 539Carey#959#420
  2. 521Santiago#959#438
  3. 471Annie#959#488
  4. 471Roderick#959#488
  5. 453Morton#845#392
Fallers
  1. 430Dell#491#921
  2. 420Hardy#332#752
  3. 409Brady#512#921
  4. 381Walton#540#921
  5. 368Milford#451#819

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

See the top 100 for 1887