Palmer
#232 for girls in 2025, 1,330 births · #991 for boys in 2025, 230 births
Given to girls 50.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,330 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,389since 1908
Palmer over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #232 | 1,330 | #991 | 230 |
| 2024 | #258 | 1,224 | #1,076 | 202 |
| 2023 | #277 | 1,133 | #940 | 240 |
| 2022 | #295 | 1,075 | #1,090 | 200 |
| 2021 | #330 | 996 | #987 | 222 |
| 2020 | #348 | 888 | #1,177 | 163 |
| 2019 | #461 | 675 | #1,171 | 165 |
| 2018 | #675 | 433 | #1,122 | 172 |
| 2017 | #1,042 | 247 | #1,090 | 179 |
| 2016 | #1,078 | 241 | #1,339 | 133 |
| 2015 | #1,337 | 177 | #1,297 | 137 |
| 2014 | #1,352 | 173 | #1,456 | 112 |
| 2013 | #1,624 | 132 | #1,444 | 114 |
| 2012 | #1,575 | 138 | #1,448 | 114 |
| 2011 | #2,638 | 67 | #1,620 | 94 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | #1,778 | 83 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | #1,665 | 94 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | #1,775 | 84 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 | #1,464 | 109 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #1,526 | 98 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #1,674 | 80 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #1,542 | 86 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #1,702 | 72 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #2,019 | 54 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #1,893 | 58 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #1,725 | 65 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #1,624 | 66 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #1,398 | 82 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #1,730 | 56 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #1,986 | 44 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #2,210 | 36 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #1,734 | 51 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #2,050 | 39 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | — | #2,052 | 36 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,685 | 48 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #1,993 | 36 |
| 1988 | — | #2,255 | 27 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #1,725 | 36 |
| 1985 | — | #2,171 | 25 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,159 | 24 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,426 | 20 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | — | #2,003 | 27 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,329 | 19 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,674 | 14 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,513 | 15 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,705 | 27 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,546 | 30 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,642 | 25 | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #1,614 | 24 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #1,411 | 29 |
| 1966 | — | #1,450 | 28 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #1,559 | 25 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #1,263 | 38 |
| 1963 | — | #1,548 | 26 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,215 | 41 | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #1,156 | 46 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #1,382 | 33 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #1,228 | 40 |
| 1958 | — | #1,253 | 38 | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #1,130 | 46 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #1,083 | 49 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,002 | 56 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,311 | 33 |
| 1953 | — | #1,102 | 44 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,044 | 48 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,110 | 42 | |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #899 | 59 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #945 | 54 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #923 | 57 |
| 1946 | — | #944 | 50 | |
| 1945 | — | #943 | 47 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #769 | 66 |
| 1943 | — | #724 | 79 | |
| 1942 | — | #745 | 74 | |
| 1941 | — | #708 | 76 | |
| 1940 | — | #741 | 68 | |
| 1939 | — | #784 | 60 | |
| 1938 | — | #808 | 59 | |
| 1937 | — | #700 | 73 | |
| 1936 | — | #633 | 83 | |
| 1935 | — | #614 | 91 | |
| 1934 | — | #733 | 69 | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #606 | 92 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #632 | 89 |
| 1931 | — | #621 | 92 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #610 | 101 |
| 1929 | — | #550 | 115 | |
| 1928 | — | #602 | 105 | |
| 1927 | — | #634 | 99 | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #563 | 119 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #536 | 131 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #563 | 126 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #521 | 136 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #489 | 160 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #489 | 160 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #502 | 144 |
| 1919 | — | #502 | 140 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #451 | 173 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #493 | 135 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #485 | 136 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #475 | 135 |
| 1914 | — | #546 | 81 | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #465 | 85 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #465 | 72 |
| 1911 | — | #452 | 42 | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #569 | 25 |
| 1909 | — | #473 | 29 | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #383 | 37 |
| 1907 | — | #495 | 22 | |
| 1906 | — | #424 | 27 | |
| 1905 | — | #525 | 19 | |
| 1904 | — | #492 | 19 | |
| 1903 | — | #430 | 22 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1900 | — | #518 | 21 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #523 | 16 | |
| 1897 | — | #392 | 23 | |
| 1896 | — | #641 | 12 | |
| 1895 | — | #579 | 13 | |
| 1894 | — | #464 | 18 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #456 | 15 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #469 | 15 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Palmer! It came in at #1,676, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Palmer
- 26 spots since 2024 (#258 → #232)
- 116 spots since 2020 (#348 → #232)
- 1,105 spots since 2015 (#1,337 → #232)
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 2018 (#1,042 → #675)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 2025 at #232 (1,330 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,208 girls born in 2025 were named Palmer (0.08%)
- 70.8% of all girls named Palmer (6,646) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2011, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7 | #1,676 (1908) | #1,676 |
| 1910s | 45 | #2,398 (1910) | #3,310 |
| 1920s | 54 | #3,269 (1926) | #3,779 |
| 1930s | 20 | #3,109 (1933) | #3,742 |
| 1940s | 31 | #3,393 (1949) | #4,017 |
| 1950s | 45 | #2,909 (1950) | #4,829 |
| 1960s | 38 | #5,457 (1967) | #5,777 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 18 | #7,749 (1986) | #10,174 |
| 1990s | 61 | #7,532 (1998) | #10,582 |
| 2000s | 128 | #5,709 (2007) | #9,192 |
| 2010s | 2,296 | #461 (2019) | #2,048 |
| 2020s | 6,646 | #232 (2025) | #290 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Palmer in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 12,761 of them was named Palmer, which outranked 91.9% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,566Nellie139
- #1,566Ophelia139
- #1,566Zelda139
- #1,575Palmer138
- #1,575Baylie138
- #1,575Brayleigh138
- #1,575Elia138
- #1,583Harmonie137
- #1,583Isha137
- #1,583Kacie137
Tied with 7 names at #1,575; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 16,640 of them was named Palmer, which outranked 89.8% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,439Nestor115
- #1,439Tariq115
- #1,439Tiago115
- #1,448Palmer114
- #1,448Darion114
- #1,448Emil114
- #1,448Gian114
- #1,458Barry113
- #1,458Dallin113
- #1,458Keelan113
Tied with 9 names at #1,448; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.