Elmer
Meaning
noble and famous
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Elmer peaked in the 1890s and the 1920s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
568 people · the #12,240 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 333,333 · median age 40
Among people named Elmer living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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