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.
Where Elmore is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#436 · 1 in 6,342
- Louisiana#506 · 1 in 7,083
Best ever in a state: #185 in South Carolina, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #436 | 6 | 1 in 6,342 |
| Louisiana | #506 | 5 | 1 in 7,083 |
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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 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 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 43,665 of them was named Elmore, which outranked 73.7% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,086Rondal42
- #1,086Sebastian42
- #1,086Stafford42
- #1,105Elmore41
- #1,105Brenda41
- #1,105Dayton41
- #1,105Dusty41
- #1,123Arther40
- #1,123Authur40
- #1,123Cloyd40
Tied with 17 names at #1,105; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.