Palmer
Palmer is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 202 births. Its best rank was 386th, in 1908.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2020.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023240 births
- Best rank
- #386in 1908
- Since 1880
- 17,090people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,035 boys have been named Palmer in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 240 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 2010s alone account for 14%. It has spent 71 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Palmer is used for both sexes: 47% of its bearers are girls (8,055), most of them born around 2024.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Palmer | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 96 | |
| 1890s | 142 | |
| 1900s | 227 | |
| 1910s | 1,024 | |
| 1920s | 1,295 | |
| 1930s | 809 | |
| 1940s | 630 | |
| 1950s | 435 | |
| 1960s | 316 | |
| 1970s | 189 | |
| 1980s | 253 | |
| 1990s | 489 | |
| 2000s | 800 | |
| 2010s | 1,303 | |
| 2020s | 1,027 |
In 2023, its biggest year
Palmer was the 944th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Palmer
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Leopoldpeak 2020
- Leopeak 2022
- Ellispeak 2024
- Everettpeak 2021
- Noblepeak 1920
- Lucienpeak 2024
- Emmitpeak 2012
- Ignatiuspeak 1920
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.