Comer — boys' name
787 babies named Comer in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Comer was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Comer in 1914 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Comer
The Social Security Administration has registered 787 babies named Comer between 1900 and 1969, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Comer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Comer performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 198 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Comer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 175 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Comer in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Comer 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 787 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.
Comer at a glance
Last recorded 1969Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Comer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1900
- Peak year (1914)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1969.
787 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1914 with 26 births in a single year.
Comer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 198 births that decade — 25% of Comer's all-time total
Comer decade highlights
- Peak decade 198 births
- Runner-up 163 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Comer's strongest decade
198 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Comer by state
Where Comer concentrates geographically — total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 175 | 22.2% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 50 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 43 | 5.5% |
175 of 787 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 22.2% of nationwide
- Tennessee 6.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 22.2% 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, 1900–1969 (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.