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Elmer

Gender
Boy
US rank, 2025
#1,222 for boys

Elmer is a boys' name, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 1,222nd for boys in the US (165 babies).

What does Elmer mean?

“noble”

A surname transferred from the given name.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Elmer a girl's or a boy's name?

Elmer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 165 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Elmer in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 boys.

2003Busiest: 5 in 20242024
Elmer in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20245#3,772
20230–
20223#5,017
20210–
20204#4,025
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20143#4,829
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20093#4,691
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20043#3,792
20031#4,616

How popular is Elmer in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,222nd among boys
Babies in 2025
165 about 1 in 10,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 165 boys in the US were named Elmer, making it the 1,222nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,308th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 4,373 boys.

Half of all the boys named Elmer in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 4,373 in 19182025
Elmer in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025165#1,222
2024181#1,155
2023140#1,346
2022168#1,191
2021160#1,207
2020138#1,308
2019175#1,118
2018145#1,261
2017151#1,213
2016169#1,141
2015153#1,205
2014169#1,130
2013158#1,144
2012143#1,237
2011181#1,046
2010195#1,005
2009227#909
2008182#1,041
2007244#857
2006221#889
2005227#826
2004214#831
2003307#649
2002227#759
2001237#733
2000188#848
1999178#848
1998215#748
1997222#710
1996225#703
1995212#735
1994186#770
1993205#724
1992236#673
1991210#695
1990215#689
1989167#764
1988168#726
1987160#724
1986149#744
1985140#752
1984163#677
1983150#698
1982151#708
1981157#689
1980162#681
1979191#618
1978166#651
1977176#639
1976184#598
1975187#590
1974222#537
1973209#539
1972245#502
1971271#486
1970286#476
1969300#450
1968307#435
1967306#434
1966319#426
1965376#405
1964389#407
1963409#398
1962434#385
1961478#363
1960515#342
1959529#337
1958549#329
1957660#289
1956656#286
1955714#261
1954673#271
1953688#265
1952761#245
1951842#226
1950809#226
1949866#215
1948971#203
1947997#201
19461,046#178
1945969#169
19441,069#164
19431,311#154
19421,228#158
19411,202#147
19401,220#144
19391,327#132
19381,332#130
19371,413#120
19361,412#121
19351,592#115
19341,709#108
19331,787#101
19322,058#94
19312,265#82
19302,476#80
19292,697#70
19282,977#63
19273,205#61
19263,233#61
19253,356#61
19243,731#57
19233,630#57
19223,738#54
19214,146#48
19204,206#45
19193,982#44
19184,373#44
19173,812#45
19163,936#45
19153,802#45
19142,878#46
19132,323#45
19121,840#47
1911894#48
1910760#48
1909687#45
1908689#42
1907616#44
1906598#42
1905602#41
1904620#39
1903556#40
1902574#40
1901520#38
1900699#38
1899514#37
1898583#40
1897587#34
1896576#36
1895610#34
1894575#37
1893574#32
1892592#36
1891508#36
1890528#38
1889557#34
1888527#39
1887467#36
1886485#35
1885443#40
1884523#35
1883423#40
1882441#38
1881388#38
1880373#41

Names like Elmer

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Chester, Arthur, Rupert, Alfred, Casper, Archie, Ellis, Jasper, Albert, Edward, Otis, Louie

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Elmer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elmer, updated 20 October 2026.