Delmer — boys' name

What the Data Says About Delmer

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,649 babies named Delmer between 1883 and 2023, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delmer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 205 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delmer performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,906 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Delmer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 623 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by West Virginia and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Delmer in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delmer 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 7,649 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.