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.
Where Delmer is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#139 · 1 in 663
- North Dakota#165 · 1 in 944
- Nebraska#177 · 1 in 1,149
- West Virginia#199 · 1 in 1,382
- Kentucky#201 · 1 in 1,488
Best ever in a state: #112 in Oregon, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #139 | 8 | 1 in 663 |
| North Dakota | #165 | 6 | 1 in 944 |
| Nebraska | #177 | 9 | 1 in 1,149 |
| West Virginia | #199 | 13 | 1 in 1,382 |
| Kentucky | #201 | 17 | 1 in 1,488 |
| Kansas | #214 | 8 | 1 in 1,684 |
| Iowa | #217 | 10 | 1 in 1,942 |
| Virginia | #231 | 12 | 1 in 1,818 |
| Wisconsin | #245 | 7 | 1 in 3,375 |
| Arkansas | #264 | 8 | 1 in 2,112 |
| Oklahoma | #265 | 9 | 1 in 2,356 |
| Missouri | #276 | 8 | 1 in 3,275 |
| Minnesota | #300 | 5 | 1 in 4,161 |
| Tennessee | #316 | 7 | 1 in 3,646 |
| North Carolina | #494 | 5 | 1 in 6,810 |
| Texas | #636 | 8 | 1 in 6,963 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 208,078 of them was named Delmer, which outranked 13.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 675 names at #4,181; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 5,730 of them was named Delmer, which outranked 89.9% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).