Chalmers — boys' name

What the Data Says About Chalmers

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,082 babies named Chalmers between 1880 and 2006, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chalmers currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chalmers performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 275 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Chalmers shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 77 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Chalmers in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chalmers 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 1,082 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.