Meaning not yet researched.
Elmore: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #402 in 1896.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #402 in 1896. No US babies were recorded with the name Elmore in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #402 in 1896.
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Elmore: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #402 in 1896 · most boys in one year: 131 (1918).
Fewer than five US boys were named Elmore in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #402, reached in 1896. The most boys given the name in a single year was 131, in 1918. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,108 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elmore in 114 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 3,967 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 859 babies named Elmore.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5 US boys were named Elmore; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 5.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Elmer (131,344 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Elmore in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | — | — | 5 | #12,692 |
| 2005 | — | — | 5 | #11,971 |
| 2004 | — | — | 6 | #10,358 |
| 2002 | — | — | 5 | #11,210 |
| 1996 | — | — | 5 | #9,444 |
| 1995 | — | — | 5 | #9,280 |
| 1990 | — | — | 8 | #6,008 |
| 1989 | — | — | 9 | #5,303 |
| 1988 | — | — | 5 | #7,630 |
| 1986 | — | — | 6 | #6,179 |
| 1985 | — | — | 8 | #4,832 |
| 1982 | — | — | 10 | #4,028 |
| 1981 | — | — | 6 | #5,712 |
| 1980 | — | — | 6 | #5,737 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,223 |
| 1978 | — | — | 11 | #3,468 |
| 1977 | — | — | 13 | #3,086 |
| 1976 | — | — | 5 | #5,866 |
| 1975 | — | — | 17 | #2,475 |
| 1974 | — | — | 15 | #2,587 |
| 1973 | — | — | 20 | #2,068 |
| 1972 | — | — | 14 | #2,573 |
| 1971 | — | — | 22 | #1,941 |
| 1970 | — | — | 15 | #2,427 |
| 1969 | — | — | 8 | #3,401 |
| 1968 | — | — | 14 | #2,233 |
| 1967 | — | — | 11 | #2,517 |
| 1966 | — | — | 21 | #1,696 |
| 1965 | — | — | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1964 | — | — | 12 | #2,456 |
| 1963 | — | — | 23 | #1,673 |
| 1962 | — | — | 20 | #1,826 |
| 1961 | — | — | 26 | #1,577 |
| 1960 | — | — | 26 | #1,596 |
| 1959 | — | — | 24 | #1,636 |
| 1958 | — | — | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1957 | — | — | 27 | #1,521 |
| 1956 | — | — | 33 | #1,346 |
| 1955 | — | — | 46 | #1,103 |
| 1954 | — | — | 48 | #1,088 |
| 1953 | — | — | 47 | #1,065 |
| 1952 | — | — | 43 | #1,122 |
| 1951 | — | — | 47 | #1,043 |
| 1950 | — | — | 41 | #1,108 |
| 1949 | — | — | 57 | #915 |
| 1948 | — | — | 51 | #978 |
| 1947 | — | — | 46 | #1,069 |
| 1946 | — | — | 45 | #1,023 |
| 1945 | — | — | 51 | #890 |
| 1944 | — | — | 56 | #845 |
| 1943 | — | — | 58 | #878 |
| 1942 | — | — | 41 | #1,065 |
| 1941 | — | — | 42 | #993 |
| 1940 | — | — | 37 | #1,074 |
| 1939 | — | — | 49 | #892 |
| 1938 | — | — | 45 | #942 |
| 1937 | — | — | 44 | #945 |
| 1936 | — | — | 53 | #836 |
| 1935 | — | — | 50 | #897 |
| 1934 | — | — | 48 | #910 |
| 1933 | — | — | 66 | #754 |
| 1932 | — | — | 60 | #825 |
| 1931 | — | — | 68 | #751 |
| 1930 | — | — | 71 | #756 |
| 1929 | — | — | 63 | #821 |
| 1928 | — | — | 58 | #877 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,018 | 67 | #813 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,068 | 82 | #701 |
| 1925 | — | — | 88 | #686 |
| 1924 | — | — | 87 | #706 |
| 1923 | — | — | 108 | #612 |
| 1922 | — | — | 115 | #602 |
| 1921 | — | — | 96 | #659 |
| 1920 | — | — | 85 | #701 |
| 1919 | — | — | 102 | #599 |
| 1918 | — | — | 131 | #530 |
| 1917 | — | — | 96 | #607 |
| 1916 | — | — | 86 | #628 |
| 1915 | — | — | 119 | #509 |
| 1914 | — | — | 80 | #558 |
| 1913 | — | — | 64 | #541 |
| 1912 | — | — | 56 | #533 |
| 1911 | — | — | 24 | #629 |
| 1910 | — | — | 31 | #502 |
| 1909 | — | — | 28 | #490 |
| 1908 | — | — | 20 | #568 |
| 1907 | — | — | 26 | #458 |
| 1906 | — | — | 19 | #526 |
| 1905 | — | — | 25 | #434 |
| 1904 | — | — | 19 | #498 |
| 1903 | — | — | 16 | #558 |
| 1902 | — | — | 13 | #619 |
| 1901 | — | — | 9 | #743 |
| 1900 | — | — | 31 | #405 |
| 1899 | — | — | 13 | #559 |
| 1898 | — | — | 20 | #456 |
| 1897 | — | — | 14 | #560 |
| 1896 | — | — | 24 | #402 |
| 1895 | — | — | 19 | #459 |
| 1894 | — | — | 11 | #641 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #717 |
| 1892 | — | — | 14 | #556 |
| 1891 | — | — | 18 | #416 |
| 1890 | — | — | 12 | #576 |
| 1889 | — | — | 14 | #505 |
| 1888 | — | — | 16 | #487 |
| 1887 | — | — | 10 | #599 |
| 1886 | — | — | 11 | #581 |
| 1885 | — | — | 18 | #426 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #582 |
| 1883 | — | — | 10 | #610 |
| 1882 | — | — | 13 | #523 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #908 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #650 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).