Chalmer
Last seen for boys in 2000 at #9,112
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,427since 1881
Chalmer over time
Rank among boys' names. Chalmer has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
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| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #1,682 | 18 |
| 1941 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #1,247 | 28 |
| 1937 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #1,326 | 25 |
| 1935 | #1,295 | 27 |
| 1934 | #1,608 | 19 |
| 1933 | #1,202 | 30 |
| 1932 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,253 | 30 |
| 1930 | #1,235 | 33 |
| 1929 | #1,413 | 26 |
| 1928 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1927 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1926 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1925 | #1,022 | 45 |
| 1924 | #1,187 | 37 |
| 1923 | #1,026 | 47 |
| 1922 | #1,158 | 38 |
| 1921 | #981 | 51 |
| 1920 | #940 | 54 |
| 1919 | #1,188 | 35 |
| 1918 | #889 | 56 |
| 1917 | #909 | 49 |
| 1916 | #972 | 43 |
| 1915 | #857 | 52 |
| 1914 | #986 | 32 |
| 1913 | #1,112 | 21 |
| 1912 | #970 | 22 |
| 1911 | #824 | 16 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Chalmer! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Chalmer is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#365 · 1 in 3,650
- Pennsylvania#493 · 1 in 14,543
Best ever in a state: #242 in Indiana, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #365 | 7 | 1 in 3,650 |
| Pennsylvania | #493 | 6 | 1 in 14,543 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Chalmer
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Biggest jump: 248 spots in 1920 (#1,188 → #940)
- Biggest drop: 299 spots in 1919 (#889 → #1,188)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #706 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1914–1918
- Highest: 1 in 13,308 boys born in 1901 were named Chalmer (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 327,334 boys born in 2000 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #706 in 1881, was only 1 in 14,391 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.4% of all boys named Chalmer (391) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #706 (1881) | #865 |
| 1890s | 40 | #739 (1890) | #890 |
| 1900s | 57 | #779 (1901) | #1,087 |
| 1910s | 326 | #824 (1911) | #967 |
| 1920s | 391 | #940 (1920) | #1,169 |
| 1930s | 249 | #1,202 (1933) | #1,398 |
| 1940s | 153 | #1,397 (1940) | #1,932 |
| 1950s | 75 | #2,055 (1951) | #2,714 |
| 1960s | 54 | #2,409 (1964) | #3,526 |
| 1970s | 36 | #3,963 (1972) | #4,579 |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,385 (1982) | #6,668 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 6 | #9,112 (2000) | #9,112 |
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.
Chalmer in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 30,847 of them was named Chalmer, which outranked 75.4% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,174Thad37
- #1,174Wellington37
- #1,174Winton37
- #1,192Chalmer36
- #1,192Bernardo36
- #1,192Blake36
- #1,192Clemens36
- #1,219Ansel35
- #1,219Arlen35
- #1,219Augusta35
Tied with 26 names at #1,192; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.