Calmer — boys' name
15 babies named Calmer in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Calmer was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Calmer in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Calmer
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Calmer between 1923 and 1926, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Calmer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1926. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Calmer performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Calmer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Calmer 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 15 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.
Calmer at a glance
Last recorded 1926Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Calmer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1923
- Peak year (1926)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1926.
15 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 8 births in a single year.
Calmer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 15 births that decade — 100% of Calmer's all-time total
Calmer decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Calmer's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Calmer by state
Where Calmer concentrates geographically — total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 6 | 40.0% |
6 of 15 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 40.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 40.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1923–1926 (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.