Zelmer

Last seen for girls in 1924 at #4,434 · Last seen for boys in 1946 at #3,173
Given to boys 76.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1920 · 9 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
52
since 1918

Zelmer over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,618, 1914peak #2,967, 1920girlsboys
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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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1946#3,1736
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1935#3,2526
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1930#4,0015
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1926#4,2015
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1924#4,4346#4,3475
1923
1922#3,8726
1921
1920#2,9679
1919#4,1685
1918#4,1795
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1916#4,4175
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1914#3,6185
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five boys were named Zelmer! It came in at #4,179, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1921, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Zelmer
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1946
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1920 at #2,967 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1921, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 118,262
  • Highest: 1 in 118,262 boys born in 1920 were named Zelmer (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,671 boys born in 1946 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 48.1% of all boys named Zelmer (25) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1926
  • Mostly girls until 1925, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s10#4,168 (1919)#4,174
1920s25#2,967 (1920)#3,847
1930s11#3,252 (1935)#3,627
1940s6#3,173 (1946)#3,173

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.

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