Almer

Where Almer comes from

Rare variant of Aylmer.
— Wiktionary's entry for Almer
  • Old English
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1887
    Peak, #679
    8 babies named Almer — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1912
    Almer Hall born
    English footballer
  5. 1960
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old English.
Namesakes
  • Almer Hall · English footballer, 1912–1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.