Mostly girls · peaked in 2025
Palmer name popularity since 1925
16,348 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Palmer (56.9% girls, 43.1% boys). Half of them were born in 2019 or earlier, so the typical Palmer is about 7 years old in 2026. Palmer peaked in 2025 as the #232 name for girls, and it ranked #232 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,348
- Named Palmer, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #232
- for girls in 2025 (1,330 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 56.9% girls
- 9,299 girls · 7,049 boys
- Most popular in
- South Carolina
- 2.40× its national share
Peak year is the year Palmer made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Palmer births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Palmer both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2015 and 2020, Palmer became 5.5× more common, from 1 in 10,100 baby girls to 1 in 1,820.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Palmer's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Palmer.
Decade by decade
Babies named Palmer in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 16 | 569 | – |
| 1930s | 20 | 809 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 31 | 630 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 45 | 435 | #6,480 |
| 1960s | 38 | 315 | #7,242 |
| 1970s | 0 | 189 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 18 | 253 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 61 | 489 | #11,428 |
| 2000s | 128 | 800 | #10,733 |
| 2010s | 2,296 | 1,303 | #1,348 |
| 2020–25 | 6,646 | 1,257 | #232 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
67.2% of babies named Palmer from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Palmer is most popular
The index compares Palmer'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 Palmer.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 2.40× | 386 |
| Georgia | 2.38× | 755 |
| North Carolina | 2.18× | 707 |
| Tennessee | 2.16× | 522 |
| Florida | 2.14× | 886 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Palmer's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Palmer.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Palmer (2025).
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