Almon — boys' name
1,610 babies named Almon in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Almon was born in this single decade.
59 babies were named Almon in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Almon
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,610 babies named Almon between 1880 and 2006, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Almon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 59 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Almon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 381 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Almon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Maine. In total, SSA state-level files list Almon in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Almon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,610 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Almon at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Almon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 59
- Annual births at peak — across 127 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
1,610 total births across 127 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 59 births in a single year.
Almon popularity over time — girls
18 total births recorded since 1922 (Almon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Almon accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Almon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 381 births that decade — 24% of Almon's all-time total
Almon decade highlights
- Peak decade 381 births
- Runner-up 309 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Almon's strongest decade
381 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Almon by state
Where Almon concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 20 | 1.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Maine | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 7 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.3% |
20 of 1,610 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 1.2% of nationwide
- New York 0.7% of nationwide
- Maine 0.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.