Delmer
Delmer was given to 5 boys in 2025, #12,480 among boys’ names; 7,670 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,020 Americans named Delmer and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 56 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Delmer by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Delmer?
#12,480 among boys’ names, 2025
Delmer fell from #10,999 in 2015 to #12,480 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 3.1 to 2.9 per million.
205 babies in 1924, the peak
Delmer peaked in 1924, when 205 boys were given it, #428 among boys’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,480 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,851 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,731 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,808 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,735 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,649 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,999 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,964 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,399 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,733 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | #12,712 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 8 | #9,183 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,185 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,334 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,554 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,305 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 5 | #11,289 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,650 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,705 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,600 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,311 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,356 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,320 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #7,173 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,173 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 5 | #9,056 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,663 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,634 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,488 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,233 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,639 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,466 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,118 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,651 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,217 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,148 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,074 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,908 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,923 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,588 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,386 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,754 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,222 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,941 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,996 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,881 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,934 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,498 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,689 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,236 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,450 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,153 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,240 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,220 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,180 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,154 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,184 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 54 | #1,046 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 54 | #1,052 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 64 | #951 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,065 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 72 | #879 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 82 | #807 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 86 | #769 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 77 | #818 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 80 | #786 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 80 | #786 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 81 | #762 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 80 | #769 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 109 | #649 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 112 | #652 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 127 | #571 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 96 | #618 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 113 | #577 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 123 | #570 | 0.09 |
| 1942 | 134 | #528 | 0.10 |
| 1941 | 131 | #517 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 134 | #502 | 0.12 |
| 1939 | 155 | #463 | 0.14 |
| 1938 | 180 | #425 | 0.16 |
| 1937 | 172 | #430 | 0.16 |
| 1936 | 181 | #407 | 0.17 |
| 1935 | 182 | #405 | 0.17 |
| 1934 | 185 | #409 | 0.18 |
| 1933 | 158 | #438 | 0.16 |
| 1932 | 176 | #422 | 0.17 |
| 1931 | 171 | #434 | 0.16 |
| 1930 | 178 | #439 | 0.16 |
| 1929 | 192 | #425 | 0.18 |
| 1928 | 185 | #440 | 0.17 |
| 1927 | 181 | #455 | 0.16 |
| 1926 | 186 | #444 | 0.17 |
| 1925 | 190 | #433 | 0.17 |
| 1924 | 205 | #428 | 0.18 |
| 1923 | 204 | #424 | 0.19 |
| 1922 | 180 | #461 | 0.17 |
| 1921 | 194 | #441 | 0.18 |
| 1920 | 189 | #441 | 0.18 |
| 1919 | 188 | #429 | 0.19 |
| 1918 | 160 | #469 | 0.16 |
| 1917 | 154 | #454 | 0.17 |
| 1916 | 137 | #484 | 0.15 |
| 1915 | 113 | #524 | 0.13 |
| 1914 | 80 | #557 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 66 | #532 | 0.13 |
| 1912 | 45 | #616 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 25 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 18 | #715 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 20 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 17 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 24 | #477 | 0.16 |
| 1906 | 9 | #867 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,277 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 11 | #734 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 12 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 12 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1901 | 11 | #646 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 9 | #919 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 9 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1897 | 7 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 8 | #801 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 8 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,003 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 5 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 6 | #872 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 7 | #740 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Delmer a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Delmer has been given almost only to boys: 16 girls in 127 years of records.
Girls and boys named Delmer: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Delmer, and how old are they?
2,020 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 26% of the 7,670 Americans ever recorded as Delmer. The median Delmer alive today is 71 years old; half are between 56 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 2,613 people named Delmer (21 women and girls, 2,592 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,622 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 489 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 869 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 350 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 142 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 112 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 56 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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).
Where are babies named Delmer born?
The states with the most babies named Delmer are Kentucky, West Virginia and Oklahoma, with 32% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and West Virginia and Oklahoma are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 623 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| West Virginia | 383 | not ranked | 3.2× |
| Oklahoma | 367 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Texas | 315 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Tennessee | 240 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 224 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 222 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 181 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Arkansas | 163 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Minnesota | 155 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Delmer is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Delmer is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 3.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Delmer with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 22,046 babies since 1880, Delmer is the second most given (35% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5 of their 20 babies (25%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Delmer
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 Delmer and names like it
- Compare Delmer and DelmarBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sDelmer peaked in 1924.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Delmer since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Delmer.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Delmer alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.