Elmore

Last seen for girls in 1927 at #4,805 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#400
1896 · 24 births
Debut · boys
1880
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,957
since 1880

Elmore over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Elmore has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #400, 1896boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2021—#12,1465
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2005—#11,4725
2004—#9,9486
2003——
2002—#10,6675
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1996—#9,0155
1995—#8,8685
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1990—#5,8238
1989—#5,1659
1988—#7,2705
1987——
1986—#5,9266
1985—#4,6988
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1982—#3,96610
1981—#5,4686
1980—#5,5256
1979—#3,16813
1978—#3,40011
1977—#3,03713
1976—#5,5875
1975—#2,45017
1974—#2,54915
1973—#2,03620
1972—#2,53414
1971—#1,91622
1970—#2,39915
1969—#3,3148
1968—#2,20014
1967—#2,47011
1966—#1,68421
1965—#2,08415
1964—#2,40912
1963—#1,65923
1962—#1,80520
1961—#1,57026
1960—#1,58126
1959—#1,62024
1958—#1,25338
1957—#1,51127
1956—#1,33533
1955—#1,10246
1954—#1,08248
1953—#1,05847
1952—#1,11143
1951—#1,04047
1950—#1,10541
1949—#91157
1948—#97251
1947—#1,06446
1946—#1,01945
1945—#88451
1944—#84156
1943—#87558
1942—#1,05441
1941—#98742
1940—#1,06737
1939—#88849
1938—#93945
1937—#94244
1936—#83253
1935—#89450
1934—#90948
1933—#75266
1932—#82160
1931—#75068
1930—#75571
1929—#81563
1928—#87258
1927#4,8055#81167
1926#4,8515#69982
1925—#68288
1924—#70487
1923—#610108
1922—#602115
1921—#65896
1920—#69985
1919—#597102
1918—#530131
1917—#60796
1916—#62886
1915—#509119
1914—#55580
1913—#53964
1912—#53256
1911—#62424
1910—#50131
1909—#48728
1908—#56620
1907—#45726
1906—#52319
1905—#43025
1904—#49219
1903—#55016
1902—#61513
1901—#7279
1900—#40231
1899—#54813
1898—#45220
1897—#55614
1896—#40024
1895—#45619
1894—#63111
1893—#7059
1892—#54714
1891—#41118
1890—#56612
1889—#49814
1888—#48416
1887—#58310
1886—#57811
1885—#42218
1884—#57011
1883—#59710
1882—#51413
1881—#8665
1880—#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elmore was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1983–1984, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Elmore is popular in 1926

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedWVVirginia: #373 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,430 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedKSArkansas: #349 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,052 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #356 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,776 boysNCSouth Carolina: #240 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,037 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #299 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,210 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedMSAlabama: #423 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,586 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Elmore, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#240 · 1 in 2,037
  2. Louisiana#299 · 1 in 2,210
  3. Arkansas#349 · 1 in 3,052
  4. North Carolina#356 · 1 in 3,776
  5. Virginia#373 · 1 in 4,430

Best ever in a state: #185 in South Carolina, 1923.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#24091 in 2,037
Louisiana#29991 in 2,210
Arkansas#34961 in 3,052
North Carolina#35691 in 3,776
Virginia#37351 in 4,430
Alabama#42361 in 4,586
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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 Elmore
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 352 spots in 1882 (#866 → #514)
  • Biggest drop: 325 spots in 1901 (#402 → #727)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1896 at #400 (24 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 5 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 1880–1939
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,854
  • Highest: 1 in 4,854 boys born in 1900 were named Elmore (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #400 in 1896, was only 1 in 4,982 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.5% of all boys named Elmore (849) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s117#422 (1885)#575
1890s154#400 (1896)#527
1900s206#402 (1900)#525
1910s789#501 (1910)#562
1920s849#602 (1922)#715
1930s554#750 (1931)#848
1940s484#841 (1944)#967
1950s394#1,040 (1951)#1,222
1960s176#1,570 (1961)#2,078
1970s145#1,916 (1971)#2,908
1980s50#3,966 (1982)#5,431
1990s18#5,823 (1990)#7,902
2000s16#9,948 (2004)#10,696
2010s0——
2020s5#12,146 (2021)#12,146

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.

Elmore in 1926

girls
#4,851
5 births · 1 in 237,080 girls
boys
#699
82 births · 1 in 13,543 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #4,851Elmore5

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #699Elmore82
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 237,080 of them was named Elmore, which outranked 13.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elmore
  1. #4,306Zera6
  2. #4,306Zilla6
  3. #4,306Zollie6
  4. #4,851Elmore5
  5. #4,851Addis5
  6. #4,851Adean5
  7. #4,851Adie5

Tied with 771 names at #4,851; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 13,543 of them was named Elmore, which outranked 85.5% 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).

Ranked beside Elmore
  1. #694Garrett83
  2. #694Rayford83
  3. #694Werner83
  4. #699Elmore82
  5. #699Antone82
  6. #699Denis82
  7. #699Elwyn82
  8. #709Bradley81
  9. #709Dwayne81
  10. #709Raphael81

Tied with 9 names at #699; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
  2. ↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
  3. ↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
  4. ↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
  5. ↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783
Fallers
  1. ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
  2. ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
  3. ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
  5. ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1926 →