Elmo
Last seen for girls in 1937 at #4,255 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys 97.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 80 births
- Debut · boys
- 15 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,091since 1880
Elmo over time
Rank among boys' names. Elmo has never cracked the top 200 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #3,596 | 18 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,476 | 12 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,577 | 18 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,828 | 27 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,124 | 19 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,648 | 28 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,351 | 35 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,506 | 27 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,364 | 31 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,401 | 30 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,456 | 28 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,126 | 46 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,255 | 38 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,215 | 41 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,078 | 52 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,131 | 48 | |
| 1959 | — | #993 | 60 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,049 | 53 | |
| 1957 | — | #928 | 66 | |
| 1956 | — | #940 | 63 | |
| 1955 | — | #874 | 71 | |
| 1954 | — | #800 | 81 | |
| 1953 | — | #858 | 70 | |
| 1952 | — | #870 | 65 | |
| 1951 | — | #749 | 86 | |
| 1950 | — | #784 | 76 | |
| 1949 | — | #814 | 71 | |
| 1948 | — | #688 | 94 | |
| 1947 | — | #692 | 100 | |
| 1946 | — | #648 | 99 | |
| 1945 | — | #684 | 78 | |
| 1944 | — | #569 | 116 | |
| 1943 | — | #576 | 121 | |
| 1942 | — | #550 | 125 | |
| 1941 | — | #559 | 115 | |
| 1940 | — | #582 | 103 | |
| 1939 | — | #537 | 113 | |
| 1938 | — | #495 | 137 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #508 | 128 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #469 | 144 |
| 1935 | — | #466 | 148 | |
| 1934 | — | #487 | 138 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #450 | 150 |
| 1932 | — | #448 | 158 | |
| 1931 | — | #491 | 137 | |
| 1930 | — | #433 | 183 | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #453 | 170 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #383 | 235 |
| 1927 | — | #387 | 235 | |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #374 | 243 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 | #356 | 273 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #328 | 313 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #311 | 338 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #323 | 317 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #293 | 370 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #279 | 397 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #304 | 324 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #301 | 334 |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 | #265 | 366 |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | #261 | 363 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | #301 | 286 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #282 | 247 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | #277 | 197 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 | #271 | 169 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #251 | 104 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #263 | 86 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #247 | 80 |
| 1908 | — | #307 | 51 | |
| 1907 | — | #273 | 58 | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #281 | 50 |
| 1905 | — | #410 | 27 | |
| 1904 | — | #401 | 27 | |
| 1903 | — | #370 | 27 | |
| 1902 | — | #380 | 27 | |
| 1901 | — | #334 | 29 | |
| 1900 | — | #343 | 40 | |
| 1899 | — | #415 | 20 | |
| 1898 | — | #339 | 32 | |
| 1897 | — | #411 | 21 | |
| 1896 | — | #407 | 23 | |
| 1895 | — | #368 | 26 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #459 | 16 | |
| 1892 | — | #547 | 14 | |
| 1891 | — | #456 | 15 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #525 | 13 | |
| 1888 | — | #464 | 17 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1883 | — | #448 | 16 | |
| 1882 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #465 | 15 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elmo was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Elmo
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1895 (#594 → #368)
- Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1887 (#540 → #679)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1909 at #247 (80 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 54 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1957
- Highest: 1 in 2,050 boys born in 1909 were named Elmo (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 28.6% of all boys named Elmo (2,891) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 135 | #416 (1882) | #518 |
| 1890s | 191 | #339 (1898) | #456 |
| 1900s | 416 | #247 (1909) | #335 |
| 1910s | 2,476 | #251 (1911) | #278 |
| 1920s | 2,891 | #279 (1920) | #349 |
| 1930s | 1,436 | #433 (1930) | #478 |
| 1940s | 1,022 | #550 (1942) | #636 |
| 1950s | 691 | #749 (1951) | #885 |
| 1960s | 376 | #1,078 (1961) | #1,288 |
| 1970s | 202 | #1,648 (1972) | #2,225 |
| 1980s | 131 | #2,577 (1983) | #3,640 |
| 1990s | 85 | #3,596 (1994) | #6,108 |
| 2000s | 23 | #6,013 (2001) | #9,049 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,136 (2013) | #12,136 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,799 (2021) | #11,519 |
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.
Elmo in 1909
Top girls' names in 1909
Top boys' names in 1909
More about 1909
girls
347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 49,604 of them was named Elmo, which outranked 30.8% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,607Zenith8
- #1,607Zeta8
- #1,607Zilpha8
- #1,763Elmo7
- #1,763Addis7
- #1,763Agness7
- #1,763Albena7
- #1,957Adelene6
- #1,957Adlene6
- #1,957Ailene6
Tied with 193 names at #1,763; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 2,050 of them was named Elmo, which outranked 85.3% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.