Chalmers
Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,082since 1880
Chalmers over time
Rank among boys' names. Chalmers has never cracked the top 800 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 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,528 | 20 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #1,480 | 24 |
| 1928 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #1,466 | 25 |
| 1925 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,458 | 27 |
| 1923 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1922 | #1,196 | 36 |
| 1921 | #1,360 | 30 |
| 1920 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,122 | 38 |
| 1918 | #1,256 | 31 |
| 1917 | #1,222 | 31 |
| 1916 | #1,505 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,410 | 23 |
| 1914 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,023 | 20 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Chalmers was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Chalmers is popular in 1924
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#262 · 1 in 2,231
Best ever in a state: #262 in South Carolina, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #262 | 9 | 1 in 2,231 |
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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 Chalmers
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Biggest jump: 202 spots in 1895 (#1,074 → #872)
- Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1905 (#874 → #1,233)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #841 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1883–1884
- Highest: 1 in 16,015 boys born in 1904 were named Chalmers (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,546 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #841 in 1891, was only 1 in 16,865 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.4% of all boys named Chalmers (275) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #892 (1883) | #924 |
| 1890s | 18 | #841 (1891) | #929 |
| 1900s | 23 | #874 (1904) | #1,135 |
| 1910s | 216 | #1,023 (1912) | #1,251 |
| 1920s | 275 | #1,196 (1922) | #1,435 |
| 1930s | 149 | #1,528 (1937) | #1,975 |
| 1940s | 151 | #1,683 (1944) | #1,878 |
| 1950s | 95 | #1,945 (1956) | #2,563 |
| 1960s | 54 | #2,535 (1960) | #3,244 |
| 1970s | 29 | #3,146 (1971) | #4,430 |
| 1980s | 32 | #6,089 (1987) | #6,331 |
| 1990s | 7 | #6,415 (1990) | #6,415 |
| 2000s | 18 | #9,112 (2000) | #9,975 |
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.
Chalmers in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 41,953 of them was named Chalmers, which outranked 70.7% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,414Wendall28
- #1,414West28
- #1,414Westley28
- #1,458Chalmers27
- #1,458Audley27
- #1,458Cicero27
- #1,458Clemon27
- #1,492Anselmo26
- #1,492Augustin26
- #1,492Carnell26
Tied with 33 names at #1,458; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.