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Palmer: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,330 in 2025. Its best rank was #232 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 85% of babies named Palmer in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#232 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Palmer: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,330 girls in 2025. Peak: #232 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 1,330 (2025).
In 2025, 1,330 US girls were named Palmer, making it the 232nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 26 places from #258 in 2024. That is 106 more than the 1,224 girls named Palmer in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #232, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,330. For comparison, it was #1,348 in 2015 and #3,014 in 1950.
In 2025, 230 US boys were named Palmer, making it the 995th most common boys’ name of the year, up 84 places from #1,079 in 2024. That is 28 more than the 202 boys named Palmer in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #386, reached in 1908. The most boys given the name in a single year was 240, in 2023. For comparison, it was #1,301 in 2015 and #1,157 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Palmer in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 10 babies. In all, 18,653 US babies have been given the name, 50% of them girls and 50% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 7,903 babies named Palmer.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,242 US girls were named Palmer; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,330. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,208 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Palmer ranked highest in North Dakota in 2025, at #78 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC).
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US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 12 | #78 | — |
| Iowa | 31 | #101 | — |
| Mississippi | 22 | #102 | — |
| Nebraska | 21 | #102 | — |
| South Dakota | 10 | #113 | — |
| Oklahoma | 30 | #120 | #864 |
| Georgia | 78 | #124 | #765 |
| Tennessee | 59 | #126 | — |
| Arkansas | 23 | #129 | #668 |
| Kansas | 24 | #133 | — |
| Kentucky | 33 | #136 | — |
| Alabama | 32 | #142 | — |
| Ohio | 74 | #145 | — |
| North Carolina | 69 | #149 | #810 |
| South Carolina | 31 | #152 | #734 |
| Missouri | 38 | #165 | — |
| Louisiana | 25 | #167 | — |
| Indiana | 41 | #171 | #923 |
| Michigan | 49 | #179 | #886 |
| Wisconsin | 27 | #208 | — |
| Delaware | 5 | #213 | — |
| Minnesota | 26 | #217 | — |
| Florida | 83 | #228 | #1,244 |
| Montana | 5 | #243 | — |
| Arizona | 29 | #245 | #825 |
| Illinois | 43 | #248 | #1,140 |
| Texas | 140 | #249 | #1,305 |
| Oregon | 15 | #257 | — |
| Idaho | 9 | #271 | — |
| Virginia | 30 | #283 | #1,040 |
| West Virginia | 6 | #297 | — |
| Utah | 15 | #303 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 36 | #309 | — |
| Maryland | 17 | #324 | — |
| Colorado | 17 | #368 | — |
| Washington | 16 | #443 | #1,250 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #607 | — |
| Connecticut | 5 | #607 | — |
| California | 46 | #684 | — |
| New York | 24 | #697 | — |
| New Jersey | 8 | #915 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,330 | #232 | 230 | #995 |
| 2024 | 1,224 | #258 | 202 | #1,079 |
| 2023 | 1,133 | #277 | 240 | #945 |
| 2022 | 1,075 | #295 | 200 | #1,091 |
| 2021 | 996 | #330 | 222 | #989 |
| 2020 | 888 | #348 | 163 | #1,188 |
| 2019 | 675 | #461 | 165 | #1,176 |
| 2018 | 433 | #675 | 172 | #1,125 |
| 2017 | 247 | #1,044 | 179 | #1,094 |
| 2016 | 241 | #1,080 | 133 | #1,345 |
| 2015 | 177 | #1,348 | 137 | #1,301 |
| 2014 | 173 | #1,355 | 112 | #1,464 |
| 2013 | 132 | #1,629 | 114 | #1,456 |
| 2012 | 138 | #1,581 | 114 | #1,456 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,658 | 94 | #1,631 |
| 2010 | 13 | #9,116 | 83 | #1,790 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,606 | 94 | #1,682 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,748 | 84 | #1,787 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,856 | 109 | #1,474 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,603 | 98 | #1,532 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,733 | 80 | #1,688 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,749 | 86 | #1,550 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,244 | 72 | #1,711 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,273 | 54 | #2,041 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,795 | 58 | #1,905 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,800 | 65 | #1,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #16,206 | 66 | #1,637 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,902 | 82 | #1,403 |
| 1997 | 5 | #15,483 | 56 | #1,748 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,367 | 44 | #2,010 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,428 | 36 | #2,243 |
| 1994 | 8 | #10,265 | 51 | #1,748 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,433 | 39 | #2,077 |
| 1992 | 8 | #10,196 | 31 | #2,396 |
| 1991 | — | — | 36 | #2,085 |
| 1990 | — | — | 48 | #1,695 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,877 | 36 | #2,020 |
| 1988 | — | — | 27 | #2,292 |
| 1987 | — | — | 19 | #2,803 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,273 | 36 | #1,749 |
| 1985 | — | — | 25 | #2,208 |
| 1984 | — | — | 24 | #2,218 |
| 1983 | — | — | 15 | #3,030 |
| 1982 | — | — | 20 | #2,493 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,627 | 24 | #2,181 |
| 1980 | — | — | 27 | #2,039 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,307 |
| 1978 | — | — | 11 | #3,551 |
| 1977 | — | — | 19 | #2,435 |
| 1976 | — | — | 19 | #2,395 |
| 1975 | — | — | 18 | #2,423 |
| 1974 | — | — | 14 | #2,766 |
| 1973 | — | — | 15 | #2,575 |
| 1972 | — | — | 23 | #1,911 |
| 1971 | — | — | 27 | #1,733 |
| 1970 | — | — | 30 | #1,569 |
| 1969 | — | — | 25 | #1,666 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,072 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,884 | 29 | #1,436 |
| 1966 | — | — | 28 | #1,477 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,242 | 25 | #1,585 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,857 | 38 | #1,280 |
| 1963 | — | — | 26 | #1,572 |
| 1962 | — | — | 41 | #1,224 |
| 1961 | 6 | #6,366 | 46 | #1,168 |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,200 | 33 | #1,394 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,923 | 40 | #1,241 |
| 1958 | — | — | 38 | #1,260 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,803 | 46 | #1,146 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,779 | 49 | #1,090 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,480 | 56 | #1,007 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,382 | 33 | #1,323 |
| 1953 | — | — | 44 | #1,116 |
| 1952 | — | — | 48 | #1,052 |
| 1951 | — | — | 42 | #1,121 |
| 1950 | 13 | #3,014 | 39 | #1,157 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,560 | 59 | #903 |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,111 | 54 | #951 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,643 | 57 | #932 |
| 1946 | — | — | 50 | #950 |
| 1945 | — | — | 47 | #950 |
| 1944 | 5 | #5,079 | 66 | #773 |
| 1943 | — | — | 79 | #731 |
| 1942 | — | — | 74 | #746 |
| 1941 | — | — | 76 | #712 |
| 1940 | — | — | 68 | #746 |
| 1939 | — | — | 60 | #791 |
| 1938 | — | — | 59 | #812 |
| 1937 | — | — | 73 | #704 |
| 1936 | — | — | 83 | #635 |
| 1935 | — | — | 91 | #614 |
| 1934 | — | — | 69 | #740 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,345 | 92 | #608 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,835 | 89 | #641 |
| 1931 | — | — | 92 | #622 |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,092 | 101 | #614 |
| 1929 | — | — | 115 | #551 |
| 1928 | — | — | 105 | #602 |
| 1927 | — | — | 99 | #635 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,487 | 119 | #566 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,343 | 131 | #537 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,348 | 126 | #565 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,590 | 136 | #522 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,888 | 160 | #492 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,607 | 160 | #490 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,306 | 144 | #506 |
| 1919 | — | — | 140 | #502 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,185 | 173 | #451 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,835 | 135 | #493 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,985 | 136 | #487 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,805 | 135 | #480 |
| 1914 | — | — | 81 | #553 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,755 | 85 | #471 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,326 | 72 | #467 |
| 1911 | — | — | 42 | #456 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,703 | 25 | #578 |
| 1909 | — | — | 29 | #484 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,813 | 37 | #386 |
| 1907 | — | — | 22 | #507 |
| 1906 | — | — | 27 | #429 |
| 1905 | — | — | 19 | #544 |
| 1904 | — | — | 19 | #509 |
| 1903 | — | — | 22 | #444 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #725 |
| 1901 | — | — | 20 | #432 |
| 1900 | — | — | 21 | #529 |
| 1899 | — | — | 10 | #699 |
| 1898 | — | — | 16 | #536 |
| 1897 | — | — | 23 | #400 |
| 1896 | — | — | 12 | #666 |
| 1895 | — | — | 13 | #599 |
| 1894 | — | — | 18 | #478 |
| 1893 | — | — | 15 | #499 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #740 |
| 1891 | — | — | 15 | #468 |
| 1890 | — | — | 10 | #659 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #773 |
| 1888 | — | — | 16 | #497 |
| 1887 | — | — | 13 | #508 |
| 1886 | — | — | 12 | #566 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #749 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #947 |
| 1882 | — | — | 15 | #483 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #688 |
| 1880 | — | — | 10 | #628 |
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).