Elmar — #9936 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elmar

The Social Security Administration has registered 294 babies named Elmar between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elmar currently holds the #9936 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Elmar is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 20 additional births since 1918.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elmar performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Elmar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elmar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elmar 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 294 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.