Elmi
Meaning
a traditional Somali name; precise meaning uncertain
Popularity, 1890–2024
Elmi does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
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Popularity in Brazil
289 people · the #19,571 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 59
Among people named Elmi living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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