Boy
Elmer
Elmer is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now.
Old EnglishOld English "æthel" (noble) + "mær" (famous)
EtymologyMeaning "noble and famous"
Births by decade
1900s
6,309
1910s
28,956
1920s
35,450
1930s
17,685
1940s
11,029
1950s
6,965
1960s
3,872
1970s
2,142
1980s
1,571
1990s
2,093
2000s
2,234
2010s
1,295
Peaked in the 1920s · 119,601 total U.S. births since 1900