Palmer
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Pilgrim
- Origin
- English
Palmer Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 9,035 baby boys have been named Palmer. The name peaked in 2023 with 240 US births that year (rank #944). In 2024, ranked #1076 nationally — 132 places below its 2023 peak.
Top States for Palmer
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Palmer births are: Pennsylvania (348), Minnesota (330), Florida (266).
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6-Letter Names Starting with P
Names with Palmer's exact length and starting letter: Pachua, Padarn, Padric, Paeivi, Paella.
Quick Facts About Palmer
US Popularity History (2018–2025)
Annual US births named Palmer by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 1,330 girls named Palmer (girl rank #232 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Palmer Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Palmer the strongest states are North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Dakota | #143 | 25 |
| 2 | South Dakota | #163 | 37 |
| 3 | Nebraska | #187 | 94 |
| 4 | Iowa | #230 | 126 |
| 5 | Kansas | #241 | 136 |
| 6 | South Carolina | #251 | 187 |
| 7 | West Virginia | #273 | 35 |
| 8 | Tennessee | #282 | 320 |
| 9 | Kentucky | #288 | 190 |
| 10 | Idaho | #301 | 23 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #747 | 219 |
| 2 | New Jersey | #696 | 51 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | #612 | 46 |
| 4 | Washington | #539 | 101 |
| 5 | Utah | #500 | 68 |
| 6 | Arizona | #481 | 96 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | #479 | 185 |
| 8 | Oregon | #476 | 61 |
| 9 | Connecticut | #476 | 22 |
| 10 | Virginia | #474 | 163 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Palmer in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Palmer to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Palmer against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).