Delmer
Last seen for girls in 1936 at #4,181 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 182 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,654since 1883
Delmer over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Delmer has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,173 | 9 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,568 | 17 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,748 | 29 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,934 | 23 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,982 | 21 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,494 | 32 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,680 | 24 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,233 | 38 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,449 | 28 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,149 | 42 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,233 | 38 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,219 | 40 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,175 | 43 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,179 | 45 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,045 | 54 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,050 | 54 | |
| 1958 | — | #950 | 64 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,063 | 51 | |
| 1956 | — | #880 | 72 | |
| 1955 | — | #807 | 82 | |
| 1954 | — | #768 | 86 | |
| 1953 | — | #819 | 77 | |
| 1952 | — | #786 | 80 | |
| 1951 | — | #785 | 80 | |
| 1950 | — | #761 | 81 | |
| 1949 | — | #770 | 80 | |
| 1948 | — | #647 | 109 | |
| 1947 | — | #651 | 112 | |
| 1946 | — | #570 | 127 | |
| 1945 | — | #616 | 96 | |
| 1944 | — | #577 | 113 | |
| 1943 | — | #570 | 123 | |
| 1942 | — | #528 | 134 | |
| 1941 | — | #516 | 131 | |
| 1940 | — | #501 | 134 | |
| 1939 | — | #463 | 155 | |
| 1938 | — | #425 | 180 | |
| 1937 | — | #430 | 172 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #406 | 181 |
| 1935 | — | #404 | 182 | |
| 1934 | — | #409 | 185 | |
| 1933 | — | #438 | 158 | |
| 1932 | — | #422 | 176 | |
| 1931 | — | #434 | 171 | |
| 1930 | — | #439 | 178 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #425 | 192 |
| 1928 | — | #440 | 185 | |
| 1927 | — | #454 | 181 | |
| 1926 | — | #444 | 186 | |
| 1925 | — | #433 | 190 | |
| 1924 | — | #427 | 205 | |
| 1923 | — | #424 | 204 | |
| 1922 | — | #461 | 180 | |
| 1921 | — | #441 | 194 | |
| 1920 | — | #441 | 189 | |
| 1919 | — | #429 | 188 | |
| 1918 | — | #469 | 160 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #454 | 154 |
| 1916 | — | #484 | 137 | |
| 1915 | — | #522 | 113 | |
| 1914 | — | #555 | 80 | |
| 1913 | — | #531 | 66 | |
| 1912 | — | #608 | 45 | |
| 1911 | — | #605 | 25 | |
| 1910 | — | #707 | 18 | |
| 1909 | — | #590 | 20 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #472 | 24 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #651 | 12 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Delmer! It came in at #720, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Delmer is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- North Dakota#176 · 1 in 1,058
- Kentucky#189 · 1 in 1,332
- West Virginia#197 · 1 in 1,475
- Nebraska#217 · 1 in 2,000
- Colorado#221 · 1 in 1,868
Best ever in a state: #112 in Oregon, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #176 | 5 | 1 in 1,058 |
| Kentucky | #189 | 21 | 1 in 1,332 |
| West Virginia | #197 | 13 | 1 in 1,475 |
| Nebraska | #217 | 5 | 1 in 2,000 |
| Colorado | #221 | 5 | 1 in 1,868 |
| Washington | #222 | 6 | 1 in 1,962 |
| Wisconsin | #243 | 8 | 1 in 3,099 |
| Kansas | #253 | 5 | 1 in 2,650 |
| Missouri | #270 | 9 | 1 in 3,088 |
| Tennessee | #293 | 8 | 1 in 3,351 |
| Oklahoma | #323 | 6 | 1 in 3,514 |
| Ohio | #331 | 9 | 1 in 5,857 |
| North Carolina | #338 | 9 | 1 in 3,968 |
| Alabama | #349 | 7 | 1 in 3,928 |
| Michigan | #354 | 7 | 1 in 6,329 |
| Arkansas | #369 | 5 | 1 in 3,639 |
| Illinois | #399 | 7 | 1 in 8,151 |
| Texas | #626 | 8 | 1 in 7,396 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,454 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #12,008)
- 1,364 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 381 spots in 1906 (#1,233 → #852)
- Biggest drop: 510 spots in 1905 (#723 → #1,233)
Rise & fade · boys
52 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1935 at #404 (182 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 66 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1906–1956
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,213
- Highest: 1 in 5,213 boys born in 1919 were named Delmer (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #404 in 1935, was only 1 in 5,722 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 24.9% of all boys named Delmer (1,906) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #720 (1883) | #856 |
| 1890s | 37 | #714 (1899) | #817 |
| 1900s | 130 | #472 (1907) | #735 |
| 1910s | 986 | #429 (1919) | #536 |
| 1920s | 1,906 | #424 (1923) | #439 |
| 1930s | 1,738 | #404 (1935) | #427 |
| 1940s | 1,159 | #501 (1940) | #595 |
| 1950s | 727 | #761 (1950) | #867 |
| 1960s | 397 | #1,045 (1960) | #1,251 |
| 1970s | 221 | #1,494 (1970) | #2,098 |
| 1980s | 108 | #3,030 (1981) | #4,023 |
| 1990s | 71 | #3,607 (1990) | #6,424 |
| 2000s | 72 | #6,460 (2006) | #8,446 |
| 2010s | 47 | #6,306 (2012) | #10,669 |
| 2020s | 32 | #7,587 (2021) | #9,222 |
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.
Delmer in 1938
boys
#425
180 births · 1 in 6,162 boys
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 6,162 of them was named Delmer, which outranked 89.5% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).