Almus

Last seen for boys in 1948 at #3,316

Peak · boys
1890 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
143
since 1890

Almus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Almus has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #994, 1890boys
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five boys were named Almus! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Almus is popular in 1890

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Almus
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1948
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1890 at #994 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,205
  • Highest: 1 in 22,205 boys born in 1890 were named Almus (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 292,436 boys born in 1948 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 39.2% of all boys named Almus (56) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#994 (1890)#994
1900s0——
1910s51#2,152 (1916)#2,680
1920s56#2,589 (1929)#3,235
1930s25#3,022 (1930)#3,303
1940s6#3,316 (1948)#3,316

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.

Almus in 1890

boys
#994
5 births · 1 in 22,205 boys

Top boys' names in 1890

  1. #1John8,502
  2. #2William7,494
  3. #3James5,097
  4. #4George4,458
  5. #5Charles4,061
  6. #6Frank3,078
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Robert2,541
  9. #9Henry2,349
  10. #10Harry2,345
  11. #994Almus5
More about 1890

boys

111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 22,205 of them was named Almus, which outranked 14.4% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Almus
  1. #884Willam6
  2. #884Winston6
  3. #884Wright6
  4. #994Almus5
  5. #994Add5
  6. #994Adolfo5
  7. #994Alberto5

Tied with 167 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. ↑ 463Hoyt#974 → #511
  2. ↑ 441Ebb#974 → #533
  3. ↑ 371Eva#974 → #603
  4. ↑ 371Perley#974 → #603
  5. ↑ 371Jimmy#974 → #603
Fallers
  1. ↓ 530Alvie#464 → #994
  2. ↓ 438Thornton#446 → #884
  3. ↓ 420Hezekiah#464 → #884
  4. ↓ 413Essie#581 → #994
  5. ↓ 413Clare#581 → #994

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

See the top 100 for 1890 →