Boys' name · since 1913
Elmor
Since 1913, U.S. Social Security records show 64 babies named Elmor, peaking in 1926. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,423 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 64
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
Elmor is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 64 have been recorded since 1913.
Elmor has 64 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1930.
- #20,423 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 64 born since 1913
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elmor ranks #20,423 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1913, peaking in the 1910s.
- #20,423 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 64
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
Elmor's 64 recorded births place it above 54.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Elmor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elmor splits its recorded history at 1924: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1926 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elmor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1930
- Peak year (1926)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Elmor by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (30 births, 47% of the file).
1910s was Elmor's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Elmor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
30 births
- 1920s
1920s
26 births
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 30 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Elmor's decade-level peak was the 1910s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elmor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–1930 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elmor draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.