Elmore

Last seen for girls in 1927 at #4,805 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1896 · 24 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,957
since 1880

Elmore over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #400, 1896boys
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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——
2024——
2023——
2022——
2021—#12,1465
2020——
2019——
2018——
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014——
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008——
2007——
2006——
2005—#11,4725
2004—#9,9486
2003——
2002—#10,6675
2001——
2000——
1999——
1998——
1997——
1996—#9,0155
1995—#8,8685
1994——
1993——
1992——
1991——
1990—#5,8238
1989—#5,1659
1988—#7,2705
1987——
1986—#5,9266
1985—#4,6988
1984——
1983——
1982—#3,96610
1981—#5,4686
1980—#5,5256
1979—#3,16813
1978—#3,40011
1977—#3,03713
1976—#5,5875
1975—#2,45017
1974—#2,54915
1973—#2,03620
1972—#2,53414
1971—#1,91622
1970—#2,39915
1969—#3,3148
1968—#2,20014
1967—#2,47011
1966—#1,68421
1965—#2,08415
1964—#2,40912
1963—#1,65923
1962—#1,80520
1961—#1,57026
1960—#1,58126
1959—#1,62024
1958—#1,25338
1957—#1,51127
1956—#1,33533
1955—#1,10246
1954—#1,08248
1953—#1,05847
1952—#1,11143
1951—#1,04047
1950—#1,10541
1949—#91157
1948—#97251
1947—#1,06446
1946—#1,01945
1945—#88451
1944—#84156
1943—#87558
1942—#1,05441
1941—#98742
1940—#1,06737
1939—#88849
1938—#93945
1937—#94244
1936—#83253
1935—#89450
1934—#90948
1933—#75266
1932—#82160
1931—#75068
1930—#75571
1929—#81563
1928—#87258
1927#4,8055#81167
1926#4,8515#69982
1925—#68288
1924—#70487
1923—#610108
1922—#602115
1921—#65896
1920—#69985
1919—#597102
1918—#530131
1917—#60796
1916—#62886
1915—#509119
1914—#55580
1913—#53964
1912—#53256
1911—#62424
1910—#50131
1909—#48728
1908—#56620
1907—#45726
1906—#52319
1905—#43025
1904—#49219
1903—#55016
1902—#61513
1901—#7279
1900—#40231
1899—#54813
1898—#45220
1897—#55614
1896—#40024
1895—#45619
1894—#63111
1893—#7059
1892—#54714
1891—#41118
1890—#56612
1889—#49814
1888—#48416
1887—#58310
1886—#57811
1885—#42218
1884—#57011
1883—#59710
1882—#51413
1881—#8665
1880—#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elmore was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1983–1984, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Elmore is popular in 1911

No state had 5 or more boys named Elmore in 1911, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Elmore
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 352 spots in 1882 (#866 → #514)
  • Biggest drop: 325 spots in 1901 (#402 → #727)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1896 at #400 (24 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 5 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 1880–1939
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,854
  • Highest: 1 in 4,854 boys born in 1900 were named Elmore (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #400 in 1896, was only 1 in 4,982 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.5% of all boys named Elmore (849) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s117#422 (1885)#575
1890s154#400 (1896)#527
1900s206#402 (1900)#525
1910s789#501 (1910)#562
1920s849#602 (1922)#715
1930s554#750 (1931)#848
1940s484#841 (1944)#967
1950s394#1,040 (1951)#1,222
1960s176#1,570 (1961)#2,078
1970s145#1,916 (1971)#2,908
1980s50#3,966 (1982)#5,431
1990s18#5,823 (1990)#7,902
2000s16#9,948 (2004)#10,696
2010s0——
2020s5#12,146 (2021)#12,146

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.

Elmore in 1911

boys
#624
24 births · 1 in 9,415 boys

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #624Elmore24
More about 1911

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 9,415 of them was named Elmore, which outranked 68.8% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elmore
  1. #605Leander25
  2. #605Rafael25
  3. #605Sheldon25
  4. #624Elmore24
  5. #624Andres24
  6. #624Bonnie24
  7. #624Casper24
  8. #644Albin23
  9. #644Americo23
  10. #644Angus23

Tied with 19 names at #624; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 900Vincenzo#1,589 → #689
  2. ↑ 900Wyman#1,589 → #689
  3. ↑ 882Rodger#1,589 → #707
  4. ↑ 796Cedric#1,589 → #793
  5. ↑ 796Hughie#1,589 → #793
Fallers
  1. ↓ 881Bertha#859 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 881Arlo#859 → #1,740
  3. ↓ 831Shelton#556 → #1,387
  4. ↓ 812Guss#928 → #1,740
  5. ↓ 812Halley#928 → #1,740

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

See the top 100 for 1911 →