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Elmer Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Elmer: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 129,591 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
129,591
Peak year
1918 #44
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
+4.6%

In the 1910s · Most used in IL in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011181#1047
2012143#1237
2013158#1147
2014169#1130
2015153#1206
2016169#1143
2017151#1217
2018145#1266
2019175#1120
2020138#1310
2021160#1209
2022168#1192
2023140#1351
2024181#1156
2025165#1223

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1918

IL
360
PA
350
OH
309
WI
217
MO
206
MI
193

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