Elmer was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #33 in 1893 but is far less common today.
Elmer is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,223 for boy births in the United States (and #2,523 across all names), given to 165 babies. Elmer first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (4,373 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 165 | 165 | — | #1,223 |
| 2024 | 181 | 181 | — | #1,156 |
| 2023 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,351 |
| 2022 | 168 | 168 | — | #1,192 |
| 2021 | 160 | 160 | — | #1,209 |
| 2020 | 138 | 138 | — | #1,310 |
| 2019 | 175 | 175 | — | #1,120 |
| 2018 | 145 | 145 | — | #1,266 |
| 2017 | 151 | 151 | — | #1,217 |
| 2016 | 169 | 169 | — | #1,143 |
| 2015 | 153 | 153 | — | #1,206 |
| 2014 | 169 | 169 | — | #1,130 |
| 2013 | 158 | 158 | — | #1,147 |
| 2012 | 143 | 143 | — | #1,237 |
| 2011 | 181 | 181 | — | #1,047 |
| 2010 | 195 | 195 | — | #1,007 |
| 2009 | 227 | 233 | — | #910 |
| 2008 | 182 | 187 | — | #1,042 |
| 2007 | 244 | 250 | — | #857 |
| 2006 | 221 | 221 | — | #890 |
| 2005 | 227 | 233 | — | #826 |
| 2004 | 214 | 220 | — | #833 |
| 2003 | 307 | 317 | — | #650 |
| 2002 | 227 | 236 | — | #760 |
| 2001 | 237 | 245 | — | #735 |
| 2000 | 188 | 197 | — | #850 |
| 1999 | 178 | 191 | — | #852 |
| 1998 | 215 | 226 | — | #749 |
| 1997 | 222 | — | — | #712 |
| 1996 | 225 | — | — | #704 |
| 1995 | 212 | — | — | #738 |
| 1994 | 186 | — | — | #773 |
| 1993 | 205 | — | — | #725 |
| 1992 | 236 | — | — | #675 |
| 1991 | 210 | — | — | #699 |
| 1990 | 215 | — | — | #691 |
| 1989 | 167 | — | — | #769 |
| 1988 | 168 | — | — | #728 |
| 1987 | 160 | — | — | #724 |
| 1986 | 149 | — | — | #744 |
| 1985 | 140 | — | — | #754 |
| 1984 | 163 | — | — | #677 |
| 1983 | 150 | — | — | #699 |
| 1982 | 151 | — | — | #708 |
| 1981 | 157 | — | — | #690 |
| 1980 | 167 | — | #10,846 | #681 |
| 1979 | 191 | — | — | #621 |
| 1978 | 166 | — | — | #651 |
| 1977 | 176 | — | — | #641 |
| 1976 | 184 | — | — | #598 |
| 1975 | 192 | — | #9,488 | #590 |
| 1974 | 222 | — | — | #538 |
| 1973 | 209 | — | — | #539 |
| 1972 | 245 | — | — | #504 |
| 1971 | 271 | — | — | #486 |
| 1970 | 286 | — | — | #476 |
| 1969 | 300 | — | — | #450 |
| 1968 | 307 | — | — | #435 |
| 1967 | 312 | — | #6,247 | #434 |
| 1966 | 324 | — | #6,864 | #427 |
| 1965 | 376 | — | — | #405 |
| 1964 | 395 | — | #6,224 | #408 |
| 1963 | 414 | — | #6,893 | #398 |
| 1962 | 439 | — | #6,856 | #386 |
| 1961 | 478 | — | — | #364 |
| 1960 | 524 | — | #4,550 | #342 |
| 1959 | 538 | — | #4,394 | #337 |
| 1958 | 559 | — | #4,017 | #329 |
| 1957 | 668 | — | #4,645 | #289 |
| 1956 | 662 | — | #5,475 | #286 |
| 1955 | 721 | — | #4,865 | #261 |
| 1954 | 680 | — | #4,802 | #271 |
| 1953 | 697 | — | #4,029 | #265 |
| 1952 | 773 | — | #3,248 | #245 |
| 1951 | 855 | — | #2,986 | #226 |
| 1950 | 821 | — | #3,110 | #226 |
| 1949 | 886 | — | #2,232 | #215 |
| 1948 | 987 | — | #2,521 | #203 |
| 1947 | 1,010 | — | #2,941 | #201 |
| 1946 | 1,057 | — | #3,089 | #178 |
| 1945 | 984 | — | #2,266 | #169 |
| 1944 | 1,087 | — | #2,050 | #164 |
| 1943 | 1,326 | — | #2,370 | #154 |
| 1942 | 1,246 | — | #2,068 | #158 |
| 1941 | 1,218 | — | #2,120 | #147 |
| 1940 | 1,233 | — | #2,336 | #144 |
| 1939 | 1,352 | — | #1,522 | #132 |
| 1938 | 1,354 | — | #1,664 | #130 |
| 1937 | 1,438 | — | #1,507 | #120 |
| 1936 | 1,448 | — | #1,191 | #121 |
| 1935 | 1,620 | — | #1,389 | #115 |
| 1934 | 1,745 | — | #1,192 | #108 |
| 1933 | 1,816 | — | #1,334 | #101 |
| 1932 | 2,093 | — | #1,222 | #94 |
| 1931 | 2,301 | — | #1,203 | #82 |
| 1930 | 2,519 | — | #1,132 | #80 |
| 1929 | 2,748 | — | #1,019 | #70 |
| 1928 | 3,044 | — | #897 | #63 |
| 1927 | 3,259 | — | #1,045 | #61 |
| 1926 | 3,293 | — | #965 | #61 |
| 1925 | 3,407 | — | #1,066 | #61 |
| 1924 | 3,779 | — | #1,128 | #57 |
| 1923 | 3,674 | — | #1,161 | #57 |
| 1922 | 3,789 | — | #1,065 | #54 |
| 1921 | 4,202 | — | #1,007 | #48 |
| 1920 | 4,254 | — | #1,077 | #45 |
| 1919 | 4,035 | — | #989 | #44 |
| 1918 | 4,416 | — | #1,133 | #44 |
| 1917 | 3,860 | — | #1,019 | #45 |
| 1916 | 3,979 | — | #1,068 | #45 |
| 1915 | 3,846 | — | #1,003 | #45 |
| 1914 | 2,907 | — | #1,131 | #46 |
| 1913 | 2,354 | — | #965 | #45 |
| 1912 | 1,867 | — | #982 | #47 |
| 1911 | 916 | — | #938 | #48 |
| 1910 | 777 | — | #1,083 | #48 |
| 1909 | 715 | — | #766 | #45 |
| 1908 | 711 | — | #836 | #42 |
| 1907 | 625 | — | #1,429 | #45 |
| 1906 | 608 | — | #1,248 | #42 |
| 1905 | 623 | — | #804 | #41 |
| 1904 | 631 | — | #1,117 | #39 |
| 1903 | 568 | — | #1,047 | #40 |
| 1902 | 582 | — | #1,355 | #40 |
| 1901 | 529 | — | #1,160 | #38 |
| 1900 | 717 | — | #893 | #38 |
| 1899 | 520 | — | #1,462 | #37 |
| 1898 | 596 | — | #978 | #40 |
| 1897 | 595 | — | #1,192 | #34 |
| 1896 | 586 | — | #1,066 | #36 |
| 1895 | 615 | — | #1,668 | #34 |
| 1894 | 587 | — | #918 | #37 |
| 1893 | 586 | — | #873 | #32 |
| 1892 | 603 | — | #922 | #36 |
| 1891 | 516 | — | #1,033 | #36 |
| 1890 | 537 | — | #958 | #38 |
| 1889 | 563 | — | #1,182 | #34 |
| 1888 | 527 | — | — | #39 |
| 1887 | 467 | — | — | #36 |
| 1886 | 485 | — | — | #35 |
| 1885 | 452 | — | #757 | #40 |
| 1884 | 523 | — | — | #35 |
| 1883 | 423 | — | — | #40 |
| 1882 | 441 | — | — | #38 |
| 1881 | 388 | — | — | #38 |
| 1880 | 373 | — | — | #41 |