Delmer
Delmer is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 405th, in 1935.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1924205 births
- Best rank
- #405in 1935
- Since 1883
- 7,649people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,649 boys have been named Delmer in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 205 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 205 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 65 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Delmer | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | |
| 1890s | 37 | |
| 1900s | 130 | |
| 1910s | 986 | |
| 1920s | 1,906 | |
| 1930s | 1,738 | |
| 1940s | 1,159 | |
| 1950s | 727 | |
| 1960s | 397 | |
| 1970s | 221 | |
| 1980s | 108 | |
| 1990s | 71 | |
| 2000s | 72 | |
| 2010s | 47 | |
| 2020s | 27 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Delmer was the 428th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Delmer
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eldonpeak 1926
- Delmarpeak 1931
- Merlinpeak 1927
- Ancilpeak 1920
- Arvilpeak 1924
- Norbertpeak 1924
- Talmadgepeak 1933
- Normanpeak 1928
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.