Elmo
Last seen for girls in 1937 at #4,255 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys 97.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 80 births
- Debut · boys
- 15 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,091since 1880
Elmo over time
Rank among boys' names. Elmo has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #3,596 | 18 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,476 | 12 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,577 | 18 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,828 | 27 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,124 | 19 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,648 | 28 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,351 | 35 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,506 | 27 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,364 | 31 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,401 | 30 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,456 | 28 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,126 | 46 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,255 | 38 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,215 | 41 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,078 | 52 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,131 | 48 | |
| 1959 | — | #993 | 60 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,049 | 53 | |
| 1957 | — | #928 | 66 | |
| 1956 | — | #940 | 63 | |
| 1955 | — | #874 | 71 | |
| 1954 | — | #800 | 81 | |
| 1953 | — | #858 | 70 | |
| 1952 | — | #870 | 65 | |
| 1951 | — | #749 | 86 | |
| 1950 | — | #784 | 76 | |
| 1949 | — | #814 | 71 | |
| 1948 | — | #688 | 94 | |
| 1947 | — | #692 | 100 | |
| 1946 | — | #648 | 99 | |
| 1945 | — | #684 | 78 | |
| 1944 | — | #569 | 116 | |
| 1943 | — | #576 | 121 | |
| 1942 | — | #550 | 125 | |
| 1941 | — | #559 | 115 | |
| 1940 | — | #582 | 103 | |
| 1939 | — | #537 | 113 | |
| 1938 | — | #495 | 137 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #508 | 128 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #469 | 144 |
| 1935 | — | #466 | 148 | |
| 1934 | — | #487 | 138 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #450 | 150 |
| 1932 | — | #448 | 158 | |
| 1931 | — | #491 | 137 | |
| 1930 | — | #433 | 183 | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #453 | 170 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #383 | 235 |
| 1927 | — | #387 | 235 | |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #374 | 243 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 | #356 | 273 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #328 | 313 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #311 | 338 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #323 | 317 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #293 | 370 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #279 | 397 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #304 | 324 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #301 | 334 |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 | #265 | 366 |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | #261 | 363 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | #301 | 286 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #282 | 247 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | #277 | 197 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 | #271 | 169 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #251 | 104 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #263 | 86 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #247 | 80 |
| 1908 | — | #307 | 51 | |
| 1907 | — | #273 | 58 | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #281 | 50 |
| 1905 | — | #410 | 27 | |
| 1904 | — | #401 | 27 | |
| 1903 | — | #370 | 27 | |
| 1902 | — | #380 | 27 | |
| 1901 | — | #334 | 29 | |
| 1900 | — | #343 | 40 | |
| 1899 | — | #415 | 20 | |
| 1898 | — | #339 | 32 | |
| 1897 | — | #411 | 21 | |
| 1896 | — | #407 | 23 | |
| 1895 | — | #368 | 26 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #459 | 16 | |
| 1892 | — | #547 | 14 | |
| 1891 | — | #456 | 15 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #525 | 13 | |
| 1888 | — | #464 | 17 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1883 | — | #448 | 16 | |
| 1882 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #465 | 15 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elmo was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Elmo is popular in 1897
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Elmo
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1895 (#594 → #368)
- Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1887 (#540 → #679)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1909 at #247 (80 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 54 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1957
- Highest: 1 in 2,050 boys born in 1909 were named Elmo (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 28.6% of all boys named Elmo (2,891) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 135 | #416 (1882) | #518 |
| 1890s | 191 | #339 (1898) | #456 |
| 1900s | 416 | #247 (1909) | #335 |
| 1910s | 2,476 | #251 (1911) | #278 |
| 1920s | 2,891 | #279 (1920) | #349 |
| 1930s | 1,436 | #433 (1930) | #478 |
| 1940s | 1,022 | #550 (1942) | #636 |
| 1950s | 691 | #749 (1951) | #885 |
| 1960s | 376 | #1,078 (1961) | #1,288 |
| 1970s | 202 | #1,648 (1972) | #2,225 |
| 1980s | 131 | #2,577 (1983) | #3,640 |
| 1990s | 85 | #3,596 (1994) | #6,108 |
| 2000s | 23 | #6,013 (2001) | #9,049 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,136 (2013) | #12,136 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,799 (2021) | #11,519 |
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.
Elmo in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
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112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 5,369 of them was named Elmo, which outranked 66.6% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).