Almo

Last seen for girls in 1926 at #4,851 · Last seen for boys in 1929 at #3,959
Given to boys 79.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1911 · 5 births
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5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
58
since 1911

Almo over time

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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five boys were named Almo! It came in at #1,740, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1911–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Almo is popular in 1921

No state had 5 or more boys named Almo in 1921, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Almo
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1929
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1911 at #1,740 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1912, 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 45,194
  • Highest: 1 in 45,194 boys born in 1911 were named Almo (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 215,123 boys born in 1929 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 55.2% of all boys named Almo (32) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1929
  • Mostly girls until 1928, mostly boys since
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s32#1,740 (1911)#2,878
1920s26#2,804 (1921)#3,734

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.

Almo in 1921

girls
#5,099
5 births · 1 in 246,612 girls
boys
#2,804
10 births · 1 in 110,145 boys

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #5,099Almo5

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #2,804Almo10
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 246,612 of them was named Almo, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Almo
  1. #4,464Zenna6
  2. #4,464Zepha6
  3. #4,464Zipporah6
  4. #5,099Almo5
  5. #5,099Abbey5
  6. #5,099Adalee5
  7. #5,099Adam5

Tied with 772 names at #5,099; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,238Elwanda#4,975 → #737
  2. ↑ 458Noreen#1,255 → #797
  3. ↑ 440Venice#1,375 → #935
  4. ↑ 343Isobel#1,312 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Aida#1,119 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 612Lilia#931 → #1,543
  2. ↓ 345Denise#931 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 330Aleen#968 → #1,298
  4. ↓ 269Virgil#968 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 265Aldona#903 → #1,168

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 110,145 of them was named Almo, which outranked 43.8% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Almo
  1. #2,632Wood11
  2. #2,632Worthy11
  3. #2,632Yancey11
  4. #2,804Almo10
  5. #2,804Abbie10
  6. #2,804Algernon10
  7. #2,804Alphonsus10
  8. #2,986Abran9
  9. #2,986Achilles9
  10. #2,986Acy9

Tied with 181 names at #2,804; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 828Kevin#1,543 → #715
  2. ↑ 499Enrico#1,157 → #658
  3. ↑ 435Richmond#1,225 → #790
  4. ↑ 427Reynaldo#1,252 → #825
  5. ↑ 425Art#1,416 → #991
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Stacy#835 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 279Gorden#947 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 248Brady#653 → #901
  4. ↓ 246Guillermo#812 → #1,058
  5. ↓ 219Lindsay#903 → #1,122

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1921 →