Almar

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English equivalent of Aylmer

Almar has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1915, with 5 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 50% girls, 50% boys all-time.

Babies named Almar, 1915

1 in 366,000

Almar over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Almar over time

In 2017, Almar went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19152017

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Almar: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Aylmer

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Almar means

Almar is a English equivalent of Aylmer.

Origin, language, and formation

Almar is used in Dutch.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Aylmer.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Almar between 1915 and 1915. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1915; its best national rank was #4,295 in 1915.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Almar between 2017 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2017; its best national rank was #12,344 in 2017.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Almar?

Almar had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1915, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1915: 1 in 366,000; 5 of 1,832,372 births
Among girls only: 1 in 197,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1915: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 254,022 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Almar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1915 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 254,022 children born in 1915 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Almar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Almars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Almar was born before 1915 — so the typical Almar is around 110 today.

Median birth year: 1915; About 110 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Almar rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1915 (5)
Years since peak: 110; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,295; 1915

Spellings of Almar

Almar is not the most common spelling — Alma is, with 41.6% against Almar's <0.01%.

Alma41.6%163,723
Amara7.4%28,982
Alta7.3%28,931
Elma5.5%21,703
Amari5.4%21,288
Aleah4.2%16,592
Alia3.6%14,028
Salma2.6%10,311

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Almar by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,295; 1915
Peak year: 1915; 5 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1915
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #12,344; 2017
Peak year: 2017; 5 that year
First recorded: 2017
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Almar

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Almaz Almila Almae Almera Almida Lismar Almaas Damar Zumar Almon Zamar Almeria Almetra Almo Anamar Neymar Luzmar Ismar Yzamar Shemar Almanda Nimar Almarene Almetter

Sibling names for Almar

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Golda Lauretta Era Leatha Leone Mayme Hettie Catharine

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Hyman Regis

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