Kalmer

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Kalmer has been given to 5 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.

Babies named Kalmer, 1915

1 in 366,000

Kalmer over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kalmer: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kalmer means

Kalmer is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kalmer is used in Estonian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Kalmer between 1915 and 1915. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1915; its best national rank was #4,109 in 1915.

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 Kalmer?

Kalmer 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 boys only: 1 in 170,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1915: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 254,022 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kalmer 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 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 Kalmer. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kalmers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kalmer was born before 1915 — so the typical Kalmer 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 Kalmer 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: #4,109; 1915

Spellings of Kalmer

Kalmer is not the most common spelling — Walter is, with 60.0% against Kalmer's <0.01%.

Walter60.0%631,172
Elmer12.3%129,591
Kaleb8.2%86,649
Walker4.6%47,914
Kyler3.7%38,973
Karter2.8%29,465
Wilmer1.5%15,979
Palmer0.88%9,264

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.

Kalmer 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: —
Best rank ever: #4,109; 1915
Peak year: 1915; 5 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1915
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kalmer

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

Kaleio Kallias Kalill Kalifa Kalais Kaliym Kalmin Kalawaia Kallo Kalki Kalian Kalaeb Kaliph Kally Kalis Kalun Kaliyah Kalek Kalae Kaliden Nimer Kaliff Kalyl Kaleigh

Sibling names for Kalmer

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 Artie Alpha

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman

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