Almon

Last seen for girls in 1927 at #4,805 · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662
Given to boys 98.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 15 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,610
since 1880

Almon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Almon has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #442, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2006—#10,6626
2005—#11,4725
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1994—#6,3728
1993—#6,8167
1992—#6,6707
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1990—#7,1786
1989—#5,6158
1988—#6,4266
1987—#6,0896
1986—#4,4579
1985—#6,5235
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1983—#5,4846
1982—#6,3855
1981—#5,4686
1980—#5,5256
1979—#6,0565
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1977—#5,8455
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1974—#3,8378
1973—#3,22310
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1971—#3,6588
1970—#3,8367
1969—#4,4045
1968—#3,1078
1967—#3,5596
1966—#3,9485
1965—#3,2447
1964—#2,40912
1963—#3,3187
1962—#2,67310
1961—#2,9009
1960—#3,3377
1959—#3,6196
1958—#3,2757
1957—#2,27413
1956—#2,9698
1955—#2,55810
1954—#2,59210
1953—#2,28712
1952—#1,70120
1951—#1,77418
1950—#2,5809
1949—#2,02214
1948—#2,02714
1947—#1,64621
1946—#1,75917
1945—#1,77215
1944—#1,68317
1943—#1,57720
1942—#1,62919
1941—#1,99713
1940—#1,68017
1939—#1,71216
1938—#1,27527
1937—#1,48121
1936—#1,22529
1935—#1,75716
1934—#1,55120
1933—#1,40523
1932—#1,42624
1931—#1,33327
1930—#1,19035
1929—#1,17335
1928—#1,18836
1927#4,8055#1,40728
1926—#1,29631
1925#3,6648#1,10840
1924—#1,22335
1923—#1,19436
1922#5,0095#1,10741
1921—#1,01148
1920—#96551
1919—#1,09739
1918—#85559
1917—#1,01741
1916—#89249
1915—#96242
1914—#1,22123
1913—#99525
1912—#1,02320
1911—#1,5376
1910—#1,5895
1909—#1,4405
1908—#1,1137
1907—#9309
1906—#9278
1905—#1,0916
1904—#8109
1903—#8468
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1900—#9688
1899—#7149
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1896—#1,1015
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1894—#1,0745
1893—#9076
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1891—#7667
1890—#62910
1889—#8786
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1887—#7527
1886—#8456
1885—#60410
1884—#7018
1883—#59710
1882—#8376
1881—#44215
1880—#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Almon was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Almon is popular in 1936

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedMSAlabama: #449 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,368 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Almon, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#449 · 1 in 5,368

Best ever in a state: #163 in Maine, 1916.

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See more about Almon
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
  • Biggest jump: 259 spots in 1915 (#1,221 → #962)
  • Biggest drop: 395 spots in 1882 (#442 → #837)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #442 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1880–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,716
  • Highest: 1 in 6,716 boys born in 1881 were named Almon (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,546 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.7% of all boys named Almon (381) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s78#442 (1881)#695
1890s42#629 (1890)#865
1900s67#810 (1904)#998
1910s309#855 (1918)#1,119
1920s381#965 (1920)#1,167
1930s238#1,190 (1930)#1,436
1940s167#1,577 (1943)#1,779
1950s113#1,701 (1952)#2,563
1960s76#2,409 (1964)#3,290
1970s43#3,223 (1973)#4,409
1980s57#4,457 (1986)#5,775
1990s28#6,372 (1994)#6,759
2000s11#10,662 (2006)#11,067

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.

Almon in 1936

boys
#1,225
29 births · 1 in 35,766 boys

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #1,225Almon29
More about 1936

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 35,766 of them was named Almon, which outranked 69.7% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Almon
  1. #1,205Ruel30
  2. #1,205Teddie30
  3. #1,205Valentin30
  4. #1,225Almon29
  5. #1,225Benson29
  6. #1,225Caleb29
  7. #1,225Carmelo29
  8. #1,243Alec28
  9. #1,243Armond28
  10. #1,243Arne28

Tied with 17 names at #1,225; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. ↑ 802Errol#1,708 → #906
  2. ↑ 644Sergio#1,584 → #940
  3. ↑ 601Brice#1,494 → #893
  4. ↑ 537Windell#1,390 → #853
  5. ↑ 529Kim#1,390 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,082Stafford#980 → #2,062
  2. ↓ 889Darwyn#750 → #1,639
  3. ↓ 461Hunter#956 → #1,417
  4. ↓ 399Orvil#844 → #1,243
  5. ↓ 370Rosendo#956 → #1,326

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

See the top 100 for 1936 →