Zelmer — boys' name

What the Data Says About Zelmer

The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Zelmer between 1918 and 1946, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zelmer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1946. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Zelmer is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1914.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zelmer performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zelmer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zelmer 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 52 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.