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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #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.

Where Delmer is popular in 1897

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1897

boys
#852
7 births · 1 in 16,108 boys

Top boys' names in 1897

  1. #1John7,550
  2. #2William7,198
  3. #3James5,113
  4. #4George4,078
  5. #5Charles3,341
  6. #6Joseph2,827
  7. #7Frank2,726
  8. #8Robert2,701
  9. #9Edward2,121
  10. #10Henry1,994
  11. #852Delmer7
More about 1897

boys

112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 16,108 of them was named Delmer, which outranked 30.7% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delmer
  1. #787Wellington8
  2. #787West8
  3. #787Wilton8
  4. #852Delmer7
  5. #852Alma7
  6. #852Antoine7
  7. #852Arvid7
  8. #942Agnes6
  9. #942Alec6
  10. #942Allison6

Tied with 89 names at #852; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. ↑ 509Roswell#982 → #473
  2. ↑ 487Theron#982 → #495
  3. ↑ 486Alois#1,101 → #615
  4. ↑ 486Rush#1,101 → #615
  5. ↑ 467Helmer#982 → #515
Fallers
  1. ↓ 480Benton#462 → #942
  2. ↓ 465Louise#592 → #1,057
  3. ↓ 465Bradford#592 → #1,057
  4. ↓ 461Allison#481 → #942
  5. ↓ 424Hilliard#518 → #942

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

See the top 100 for 1897 →