Elmore — boys' name
3,957 babies named Elmore in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Elmore was born in this single decade.
131 babies were named Elmore in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elmore
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,957 babies named Elmore between 1880 and 2021, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elmore currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 131 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elmore performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 849 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Elmore shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 267 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Elmore in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elmore 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 3,957 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.
Elmore at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elmore popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 131
- Annual births at peak — across 142 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
3,957 total births across 142 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 131 births in a single year.
Elmore popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1926 (Elmore as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Elmore accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Elmore by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 849 births that decade — 21% of Elmore's all-time total
Elmore decade highlights
- Peak decade 849 births
- Runner-up 789 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Elmore's strongest decade
849 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Elmore by state
Where Elmore concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 267 | 6.7% |
| #2 | South Carolina | | 253 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 227 | 5.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 179 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 148 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 75 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Texas | | 52 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 40 | 1.0% |
267 of 3,957 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 6.7% of nationwide
- South Carolina 6.4% of nationwide
- Louisiana 5.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.5% of nationwide
- Virginia 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 6.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Elmore appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2021 (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.