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
- Peak · boys
- 1896 · 24 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,957since 1880
Elmore over time
Rank among boys' names. Elmore 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,450 | 17 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,549 | 15 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,036 | 20 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,684 | 21 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,659 | 23 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,805 | 20 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,570 | 26 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,581 | 26 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,620 | 24 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,253 | 38 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,335 | 33 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,102 | 46 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,082 | 48 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,058 | 47 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,111 | 43 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,040 | 47 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,105 | 41 | |
| 1949 | — | #911 | 57 | |
| 1948 | — | #972 | 51 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,064 | 46 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,019 | 45 | |
| 1945 | — | #884 | 51 | |
| 1944 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1943 | — | #875 | 58 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,054 | 41 | |
| 1941 | — | #987 | 42 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,067 | 37 | |
| 1939 | — | #888 | 49 | |
| 1938 | — | #939 | 45 | |
| 1937 | — | #942 | 44 | |
| 1936 | — | #832 | 53 | |
| 1935 | — | #894 | 50 | |
| 1934 | — | #909 | 48 | |
| 1933 | — | #752 | 66 | |
| 1932 | — | #821 | 60 | |
| 1931 | — | #750 | 68 | |
| 1930 | — | #755 | 71 | |
| 1929 | — | #815 | 63 | |
| 1928 | — | #872 | 58 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #811 | 67 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #699 | 82 |
| 1925 | — | #682 | 88 | |
| 1924 | — | #704 | 87 | |
| 1923 | — | #610 | 108 | |
| 1922 | — | #602 | 115 | |
| 1921 | — | #658 | 96 | |
| 1920 | — | #699 | 85 | |
| 1919 | — | #597 | 102 | |
| 1918 | — | #530 | 131 | |
| 1917 | — | #607 | 96 | |
| 1916 | — | #628 | 86 | |
| 1915 | — | #509 | 119 | |
| 1914 | — | #555 | 80 | |
| 1913 | — | #539 | 64 | |
| 1912 | — | #532 | 56 | |
| 1911 | — | #624 | 24 | |
| 1910 | — | #501 | 31 | |
| 1909 | — | #487 | 28 | |
| 1908 | — | #566 | 20 | |
| 1907 | — | #457 | 26 | |
| 1906 | — | #523 | 19 | |
| 1905 | — | #430 | 25 | |
| 1904 | — | #492 | 19 | |
| 1903 | — | #550 | 16 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #402 | 31 | |
| 1899 | — | #548 | 13 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #400 | 24 | |
| 1895 | — | #456 | 19 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #547 | 14 | |
| 1891 | — | #411 | 18 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #422 | 18 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #640 | 9 | |
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.
See more about Elmore
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 352 spots in 1882 (#866 → #514)
- Biggest drop: 325 spots in 1901 (#402 → #727)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1896 at #400 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1939
- 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
- 21.5% of all boys named Elmore (849) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 117 | #422 (1885) | #575 |
| 1890s | 154 | #400 (1896) | #527 |
| 1900s | 206 | #402 (1900) | #525 |
| 1910s | 789 | #501 (1910) | #562 |
| 1920s | 849 | #602 (1922) | #715 |
| 1930s | 554 | #750 (1931) | #848 |
| 1940s | 484 | #841 (1944) | #967 |
| 1950s | 394 | #1,040 (1951) | #1,222 |
| 1960s | 176 | #1,570 (1961) | #2,078 |
| 1970s | 145 | #1,916 (1971) | #2,908 |
| 1980s | 50 | #3,966 (1982) | #5,431 |
| 1990s | 18 | #5,823 (1990) | #7,902 |
| 2000s | 16 | #9,948 (2004) | #10,696 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 237,080 of them was named Elmore, which outranked 13.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 771 names at #4,851; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 13,543 of them was named Elmore, which outranked 85.5% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #694Garrett83
- #694Rayford83
- #694Werner83
- #699Elmore82
- #699Antone82
- #699Denis82
- #699Elwyn82
- #709Bradley81
- #709Dwayne81
- #709Raphael81
Tied with 9 names at #699; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.