Homer
Boy · HOH-mer · Greek
Homer is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “hostage, pledge”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Homer mean?
Greek: from Greek Homeros
“hostage, pledge”
Homer is the ancient Greek poet credited with the Iliad and the Odyssey.
- Say it
- HOH-mer
Is Homer a girl's or a boy's name?
Homer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Homer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Homer, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 1,722 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Homer than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Homer in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1942, the years shaded on the chart below.
Homer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 36 | #2,249 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 49 | #1,726 |
| 1991 | 39 | #1,946 |
| 1990 | 58 | #1,481 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,585 |
| 1988 | 53 | #1,446 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,126 |
| 1985 | 79 | #1,032 |
| 1984 | 72 | #1,053 |
| 1983 | 86 | #949 |
| 1982 | 78 | #1,023 |
| 1981 | 98 | #900 |
| 1980 | 106 | #859 |
| 1979 | 99 | #875 |
| 1978 | 101 | #854 |
| 1977 | 111 | #808 |
| 1976 | 109 | #797 |
| 1975 | 112 | #783 |
| 1974 | 143 | #684 |
| 1973 | 119 | #735 |
| 1972 | 143 | #671 |
| 1971 | 189 | #605 |
| 1970 | 182 | #601 |
| 1969 | 193 | #563 |
| 1968 | 194 | #543 |
| 1967 | 173 | #571 |
| 1966 | 224 | #507 |
| 1965 | 230 | #502 |
| 1964 | 264 | #485 |
| 1963 | 254 | #504 |
| 1962 | 310 | #451 |
| 1961 | 326 | #447 |
| 1960 | 324 | #449 |
| 1959 | 374 | #410 |
| 1958 | 373 | #405 |
| 1957 | 409 | #381 |
| 1956 | 467 | #345 |
| 1955 | 412 | #354 |
| 1954 | 459 | #333 |
| 1953 | 480 | #320 |
| 1952 | 543 | #305 |
| 1951 | 537 | #298 |
| 1950 | 552 | #288 |
| 1949 | 589 | #276 |
| 1948 | 619 | #264 |
| 1947 | 641 | #266 |
| 1946 | 593 | #256 |
| 1945 | 641 | #215 |
| 1944 | 741 | #201 |
| 1943 | 802 | #201 |
| 1942 | 781 | #202 |
| 1941 | 776 | #189 |
| 1940 | 773 | #185 |
| 1939 | 785 | #180 |
| 1938 | 855 | #171 |
| 1937 | 889 | #165 |
| 1936 | 830 | #165 |
| 1935 | 821 | #170 |
| 1934 | 937 | #156 |
| 1933 | 965 | #150 |
| 1932 | 1,055 | #148 |
| 1931 | 1,104 | #144 |
| 1930 | 1,172 | #146 |
| 1929 | 1,206 | #141 |
| 1928 | 1,320 | #131 |
| 1927 | 1,371 | #129 |
| 1926 | 1,503 | #123 |
| 1925 | 1,544 | #116 |
| 1924 | 1,647 | #109 |
| 1923 | 1,545 | #113 |
| 1922 | 1,630 | #108 |
| 1921 | 1,657 | #105 |
| 1920 | 1,722 | #100 |
| 1919 | 1,547 | #104 |
| 1918 | 1,680 | #100 |
| 1917 | 1,552 | #102 |
| 1916 | 1,506 | #103 |
| 1915 | 1,487 | #98 |
| 1914 | 1,152 | #101 |
| 1913 | 987 | #96 |
| 1912 | 794 | #98 |
| 1911 | 419 | #95 |
| 1910 | 347 | #98 |
| 1909 | 313 | #92 |
| 1908 | 340 | #80 |
| 1907 | 312 | #84 |
| 1906 | 267 | #86 |
| 1905 | 318 | #76 |
| 1904 | 256 | #87 |
| 1903 | 257 | #83 |
| 1902 | 269 | #80 |
| 1901 | 257 | #74 |
| 1900 | 326 | #80 |
| 1899 | 239 | #82 |
| 1898 | 246 | #85 |
| 1897 | 278 | #69 |
| 1896 | 258 | #79 |
| 1895 | 296 | #67 |
| 1894 | 273 | #73 |
| 1893 | 293 | #64 |
| 1892 | 301 | #68 |
| 1891 | 230 | #74 |
| 1890 | 223 | #77 |
| 1889 | 255 | #73 |
| 1888 | 256 | #76 |
| 1887 | 248 | #70 |
| 1886 | 224 | #78 |
| 1885 | 228 | #76 |
| 1884 | 216 | #79 |
| 1883 | 210 | #76 |
| 1882 | 190 | #85 |
| 1881 | 181 | #77 |
| 1880 | 205 | #76 |
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