Chalmers
Chalmers was last recorded in 2006, when 6 babies were given it; 1,082 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 Chalmers by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Chalmers mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Chalmers is “a male given name.”
/ˈt͡ʃɑːməz/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Chalmers?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,886, in 2006; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
38 babies in 1919, the peak
Chalmers peaked in 1919, when 38 boys were given it, #1,130 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | #10,886 | 2.9 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,318 | 3.0 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,263 | 3.1 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,506 | 3.4 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,541 | 3.1 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,207 | 3.2 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,678 | 2.7 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,459 | 2.8 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,514 | 2.8 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,394 | 2.8 |
Every recorded year (79)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 5 | #6,187 | 2.9 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,623 | 4.3 |
| 1972 | 7 | #4,035 | 4.3 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,179 | 5.7 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,744 | 3.5 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,284 | 3.8 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,559 | 5.5 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,361 | 3.4 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,129 | 2.4 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,404 | 3.3 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,557 | 5.2 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,856 | 4.2 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,850 | 4.2 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,954 | 8.0 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,321 | 5.8 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,989 | 3.9 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,942 | 4.1 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,908 | 4.1 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,152 | 6.9 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,333 | 6.1 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,955 | 8.5 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,130 | 7.4 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,930 | 8.7 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,826 | 9.9 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,019 | 8.9 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,689 | 12.5 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,707 | 12.6 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,811 | 11.6 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,830 | 12.2 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,998 | 11.2 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,643 | 7.2 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,622 | 16.2 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,537 | 18.8 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,906 | 6.7 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,148 | 11.5 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,562 | 19.4 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,004 | 13.1 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,213 | 11.5 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,594 | 19.2 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,705 | 17.3 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,488 | 22.3 |
| 1928 | 17 | #1,912 | 15.3 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,522 | 22.2 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,477 | 22.5 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,395 | 25.1 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,459 | 23.8 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,259 | 30.1 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,199 | 33.1 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,368 | 27.2 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,329 | 28.2 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,130 | 38.8 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,261 | 30.6 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,225 | 33.5 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,514 | 24.7 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,417 | 27.1 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,131 | 39.7 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,214 | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,030 | 46.5 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,409 | 31.0 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,411 | 32.4 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,263 | 37.8 |
| 1904 | 8 | #895 | 62.4 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,077 | 47.0 |
| 1895 | 7 | #890 | 59.6 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,108 | 43.2 |
| 1891 | 6 | #863 | 59.3 |
| 1884 | 5 | #996 | 43.7 |
| 1883 | 5 | #917 | 47.8 |
| 1880 | 5 | #936 | 45.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Chalmers a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Chalmers has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 79 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Chalmers: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Chalmers, and how old are they?
An estimated 268 Americans named Chalmers and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (25% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 54 and 79. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 370 people named Chalmers (14 women and girls, 356 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 338 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 that rose and fell in the same decades as Chalmers
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 Chalmers and names like it
- Compare Chalmers and ElwoodBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sChalmers peaked in 1919.
- South Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Chalmers since 1910.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Chalmers.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Chalmers alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.