girls:
16 births since 1914
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
52 births since 1918
#4534 (1st percentile)
overall:
68 births since 1914
#7671 (1st percentile)
The name Zelmer is the #7,671 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 68 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,534 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 52 births since 1918. For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1914.
Zelmer first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for girls and 1918 for boys). Birth data for Zelmer is available in 11 out of the 33 years between 1914 and 1946 (9 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Zelmer has been given predominantly to boys, with 76.5% of all recorded births being male. In 1946, 100.0% of babies named Zelmer were boys. Interestingly, until around 1919, the name was more popular for girls (66.7% girls from 1914 to 1918), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (88.7% boys from 1919 to 1946).
For boys, Zelmer reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #531) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1920, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1946.
For girls, Zelmer reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #609) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1924.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zelmer".
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