Almon
Almon was last recorded in 2006, when 6 babies were given it; 1,628 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2006 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Almon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Almon?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,729, in 2006; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
59 babies in 1918, the peak
Almon peaked in 1918, when 59 boys were given it, #857 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | #10,729 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,531 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,391 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,841 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,681 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,201 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,631 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,443 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,109 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,467 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (105)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 5 | #6,556 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,502 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,398 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,494 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,544 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,084 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,865 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,845 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,227 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,665 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,845 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,426 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,111 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,570 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,957 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,253 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,409 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,319 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,673 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,901 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,346 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,627 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,280 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,276 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,975 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,562 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,595 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,702 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,776 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,584 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,024 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,027 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,646 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,760 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,773 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,577 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,630 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,999 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,680 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,715 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,275 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,482 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,225 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,760 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,552 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,405 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,426 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,333 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 35 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,174 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,189 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,407 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,298 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,109 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,224 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,196 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 41 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 48 | #1,012 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 51 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 59 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 41 | #1,017 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 49 | #892 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 42 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,222 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 25 | #995 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,023 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,540 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,594 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,447 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,117 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 9 | #929 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 8 | #931 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,091 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 9 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 8 | #849 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 7 | #859 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 8 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 9 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,104 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 6 | #909 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 7 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 10 | #632 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 6 | #880 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 7 | #754 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 6 | #847 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 10 | #607 | 0.09 |
| 1884 | 8 | #702 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 10 | #598 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 6 | #842 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 15 | #442 | 0.15 |
| 1880 | 10 | #600 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Almon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,628 Americans recorded as Almon, 1% are girls and 99% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Almon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Almon, and how old are they?
An estimated 365 Americans named Almon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (22% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 47 and 78. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 501 people named Almon (22 women and girls, 479 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 461 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 1,958 babies since 1880, Almon is the most given (83% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Almon
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Almon and names like it
- Compare Almon and AlaminBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sAlmon peaked in 1918.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Almon since 1910.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Almon.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Almon alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.