Boys' name · peaked in 1893
Homer name popularity since 1925
33,669 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Homer (0.6% girls, 99.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1940 or earlier, so the typical Homer is about 86 years old in 2026. Homer peaked in 1893 as the #64 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 33,669
- Named Homer, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1893
- #64 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,769 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% boys
- 194 girls · 33,475 boys
- Most popular in
- West Virginia
- 5.39× its national share
Peak year is the year Homer made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Homer births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Homer peaked earlier, in 1893.
- Steepest fall: Between 1941 and 1946, Homer's share of baby boys fell by 42%, from 1 in 1,580 to 1 in 2,740.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Homer's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Homer.
Decade by decade
Babies named Homer in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 75 | 6,944 | – |
| 1930s | 59 | 9,413 | #170 |
| 1940s | 39 | 6,956 | #216 |
| 1950s | 11 | 4,606 | #355 |
| 1960s | 10 | 2,492 | #503 |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,308 | #786 |
| 1980s | 0 | 747 | #1,036 |
| 1990s | 0 | 363 | #2,419 |
| 2000s | 0 | 207 | #4,538 |
| 2010s | 0 | 256 | #3,616 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 183 | #4,769 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.2% of babies named Homer from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Homer is most popular
The index compares Homer's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Homer.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 5.39× | 1,448 |
| Kentucky | 4.02× | 2,056 |
| Arkansas | 3.37× | 1,059 |
| Mississippi | 3.08× | 1,140 |
| Georgia | 2.94× | 2,487 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Homer's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Homer.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Homer (1893).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data