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
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 182 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,654since 1883
Delmer over time
Rank among boys' names. Delmer has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,173 | 9 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,568 | 17 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,748 | 29 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,934 | 23 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,982 | 21 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,494 | 32 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,680 | 24 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,233 | 38 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,449 | 28 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,149 | 42 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,233 | 38 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,219 | 40 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,175 | 43 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,179 | 45 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,045 | 54 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,050 | 54 | |
| 1958 | — | #950 | 64 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,063 | 51 | |
| 1956 | — | #880 | 72 | |
| 1955 | — | #807 | 82 | |
| 1954 | — | #768 | 86 | |
| 1953 | — | #819 | 77 | |
| 1952 | — | #786 | 80 | |
| 1951 | — | #785 | 80 | |
| 1950 | — | #761 | 81 | |
| 1949 | — | #770 | 80 | |
| 1948 | — | #647 | 109 | |
| 1947 | — | #651 | 112 | |
| 1946 | — | #570 | 127 | |
| 1945 | — | #616 | 96 | |
| 1944 | — | #577 | 113 | |
| 1943 | — | #570 | 123 | |
| 1942 | — | #528 | 134 | |
| 1941 | — | #516 | 131 | |
| 1940 | — | #501 | 134 | |
| 1939 | — | #463 | 155 | |
| 1938 | — | #425 | 180 | |
| 1937 | — | #430 | 172 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #406 | 181 |
| 1935 | — | #404 | 182 | |
| 1934 | — | #409 | 185 | |
| 1933 | — | #438 | 158 | |
| 1932 | — | #422 | 176 | |
| 1931 | — | #434 | 171 | |
| 1930 | — | #439 | 178 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #425 | 192 |
| 1928 | — | #440 | 185 | |
| 1927 | — | #454 | 181 | |
| 1926 | — | #444 | 186 | |
| 1925 | — | #433 | 190 | |
| 1924 | — | #427 | 205 | |
| 1923 | — | #424 | 204 | |
| 1922 | — | #461 | 180 | |
| 1921 | — | #441 | 194 | |
| 1920 | — | #441 | 189 | |
| 1919 | — | #429 | 188 | |
| 1918 | — | #469 | 160 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #454 | 154 |
| 1916 | — | #484 | 137 | |
| 1915 | — | #522 | 113 | |
| 1914 | — | #555 | 80 | |
| 1913 | — | #531 | 66 | |
| 1912 | — | #608 | 45 | |
| 1911 | — | #605 | 25 | |
| 1910 | — | #707 | 18 | |
| 1909 | — | #590 | 20 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #472 | 24 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #651 | 12 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1935 at #404 (182 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1906–1956
- 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
- 24.9% of all boys named Delmer (1,906) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #720 (1883) | #856 |
| 1890s | 37 | #714 (1899) | #817 |
| 1900s | 130 | #472 (1907) | #735 |
| 1910s | 986 | #429 (1919) | #536 |
| 1920s | 1,906 | #424 (1923) | #439 |
| 1930s | 1,738 | #404 (1935) | #427 |
| 1940s | 1,159 | #501 (1940) | #595 |
| 1950s | 727 | #761 (1950) | #867 |
| 1960s | 397 | #1,045 (1960) | #1,251 |
| 1970s | 221 | #1,494 (1970) | #2,098 |
| 1980s | 108 | #3,030 (1981) | #4,023 |
| 1990s | 71 | #3,607 (1990) | #6,424 |
| 2000s | 72 | #6,460 (2006) | #8,446 |
| 2010s | 47 | #6,306 (2012) | #10,669 |
| 2020s | 32 | #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 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 180,211 of them was named Delmer, which outranked 23.1% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,713Zenia7
- #3,713Zenna7
- #3,713Zoila7
- #4,083Delmer6
- #4,083Addis6
- #4,083Adelaine6
- #4,083Adena6
- #4,594Aaron5
- #4,594Abell5
- #4,594Adalaide5
Tied with 510 names at #4,083; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 6,010 of them was named Delmer, which outranked 90.1% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #450Gregory158
- #452Randall157
- #453Orlando156
- #454Delmer154
- #454Elias154
- #454Fletcher154
- #454Houston154
- #460Benedict152
- #460Elliott152
- #460Gustave152
Tied with 5 names at #454; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.