Chalmers

Where Chalmers comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Chalmers.

  • 2 syllables
Chalmers through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1891
    Peak, #841
    6 babies named Chalmers, its best rank.
  3. 1892
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1920
    Chalmers Wylie born
    American politician
  5. 1931
    Chalmers Johnson born
    American political scientist
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Chalmers Johnson · American political scientist, 1931–2010
  • Chalmers Wylie · American politician, 1920–1998
  • Chalmers Goodlin · American test pilot, 1923–2005
  • Chalmers Alford · American jazz guitarist, 1955–2008
  • Chalmers Clifton · American composer, 1889–1966

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.