Plummer — boys' name

What the Data Says About Plummer

The Social Security Administration has registered 453 babies named Plummer between 1881 and 1962, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Plummer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Plummer performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Plummer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Plummer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Plummer 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 453 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.