Gomer — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gomer

The Social Security Administration has registered 399 babies named Gomer between 1911 and 1968, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gomer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gomer performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gomer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Gomer in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gomer 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 399 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.