ELMER is ranked as the 531st most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 100,820.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 31.62 people named ELMER for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 92% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named ELMER is 35,842.
The SSA data also shows that ELMER is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
ELMER is
77.1% White,
8.2% Hispanic origin,
11.1% Black,
1.6% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.3% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name ELMER have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name ELMER is included in the following name categories:
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Masculine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name ELMER
The state with the most people named
ELMER is
California where
8,401 people have this name.
South Dakota is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named ELMER, as
80.84 in every 100,000
South Dakotans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
South Dakota is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Rhode Island
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name ELMER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
5,898
45.79
99.3%
Indiana
3,588
54.39
98.8%
Iowa
1,586
51.03
98.5%
Kansas
1,849
63.69
98.0%
Michigan
3,194
32.23
99.4%
Minnesota
2,163
39.63
98.9%
Missouri
917
30.64
97.2%
Nebraska
1,373
72.98
97.6%
North Dakota
539
72.86
94.3%
Ohio
5,810
50.11
99.1%
South Dakota
690
80.84
95.0%
Wisconsin
2,448
42.51
98.9%
West States
State stats for the first name ELMER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
223
30.27
89.7%
Arizona
2,107
31.3
98.1%
California
8,401
21.65
99.5%
Colorado
1,661
31.02
98.0%
Hawaii
367
25.87
96.8%
Idaho
718
43.95
96.2%
Montana
565
55.18
95.0%
Nevada
880
31.01
97.1%
New Mexico
818
39.2
96.0%
Oregon
1,637
41.22
98.0%
Utah
605
20.54
95.9%
Washington
2,006
28.4
98.9%
Wyoming
280
47.89
92.1%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name ELMER
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have ELMER as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named ELMER.
The most popular full name is ELMER Smith.
0.99% of all the people named ELMER
have this family name.
There are 10702 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name ELMER