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Almer

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Noble, through Aylmer

Almer has been given to 881 babies in the U.S. since 1880. 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 1918, with 25 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% boys, 37% girls all-time.

Babies named Almer, 1988

1 in 739,000

Almer over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Almer over time

In 1988, Almer went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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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.

Almer: meaning, origin, and history

Noble, through Aylmer

Old English

What Almer means

Almer belongs to the name family reached through Almer → Aylmer. Its meaning is “noble”.

Origin, language, and formation

Almer is used in English. Its origins include Old English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Aylmer.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 559 boys were recorded with the name Almer between 1880 and 1988. Its highest annual count was 25 in 1918; its best national rank was #683 in 1887.

In the United States, 322 girls were recorded with the name Almer between 1891 and 1956. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1919; its best national rank was #1,341 in 1891.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Almer?

Almer had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1988, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1988
1 in 739,000
5 of 3,694,212 births
Among boys only
1 in 383,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1988
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
512,128 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Almer sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1988 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 512,128 children born in 1988 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Almer. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Almers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Almer was born before 1924 — so the typical Almer is around 101 today.

Median birth year
1924
About 101 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
25.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
1.8%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
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1910s — 25.2% of all recorded uses (141).

Is Almer 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1918 (25)
Years since peak
107
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#683
1887

Spellings of Almer

Almer is not the most common spelling — Walter is, with 27.4% against Almer's 0.02%.

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.

Where Almer is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Almer was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 863,587 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Almer has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Almer is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Almer was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,456,184 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Almer has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Almer by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#683
1887
Peak year
1918
25 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
1988
All-time count
559
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,341
1891
Peak year
1919
15 that year
First recorded
1891
Last recorded
1956
All-time count
322
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Almer

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

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Sibling names for Almer

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

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