Name meaning & stats
Elmer
Elmer (Old English origin). 32,560 US babies since 1940, peak 1943.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Old English
In US birth records
Peak year: 1943
32,560 US babies were named Elmer between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Elmer (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Elmer is the main spelling
- Elmer 96%
- Elmore 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1943)