Elmar
Elmar is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
- German
Meaning & Origin of Elmar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Elmar is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Elmar
As a girl name
Elmar first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1918, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1918: 5 births, good for #4,809 nationwide. About 50% of every Elmar on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Elmar last appeared in the published SSA data in 1929, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 20 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Elmar on the record books as a boy name in 1913, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1923, when 15 Elmars were born — ranking #2,123 that year. About 38% of every Elmar on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Elmar last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 294 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Elmar
Elmar is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 294 births in the dataset. Elmar's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #2,123. Use the chart and map above to compare Elmar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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