Plummer
Last seen for boys in 1962 at #3,640
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 453since 1881
Plummer over time
Rank among boys' names. Plummer has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #1,829 | 19 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
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| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
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| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
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| 1898 | #701 | 10 |
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| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
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| 1891 | #635 | 9 |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
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| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Plummer! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Plummer
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1962
- Biggest jump: 359 spots in 1891 (#994 → #635)
- Biggest drop: 237 spots in 1882 (#706 → #943)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1891 at #635 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1881–1882
- Highest: 1 in 11,243 boys born in 1891 were named Plummer (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,795 boys born in 1962 (0.00%)
- 26.0% of all boys named Plummer (118) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #706 (1881) | #825 |
| 1890s | 30 | #635 (1891) | #821 |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,013 (1902) | #1,107 |
| 1910s | 100 | #1,387 (1911) | #2,056 |
| 1920s | 118 | #1,829 (1921) | #2,552 |
| 1930s | 73 | #2,093 (1933) | #2,832 |
| 1940s | 54 | #2,633 (1944) | #3,015 |
| 1950s | 43 | #2,495 (1951) | #3,219 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,640 (1962) | #3,853 |
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.
Plummer in 1882
Top boys' names in 1882
More about 1882
boys
113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 22,737 of them was named Plummer, which outranked 14.2% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 156 names at #943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.