Boy
Palmer
Palmer is a boy's name meaning "One who carries a palm branch (a pilgrim)". It is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2010s. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. The name's best year yet was 2017.
Middle EnglishMiddle English
Etymology"One who carries a palm branch" (a pilgrim)
Births by decade
1900s
234
1910s
1,069
1920s
1,349
1930s
829
1940s
660
1950s
481
1960s
354
1970s
189
1980s
272
1990s
550
2000s
928
2010s
2,150
Peaked in the 2010s · 9,065 total U.S. births since 1900