# Delmer (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/delmer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,670 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,654 / 16 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 6 | 4,215 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,730 |
| 1936 | 5 | 4,335 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 12 | 6,559 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8,339 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,191 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,188 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,719 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,740 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,405 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8,970 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,005 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,655 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,741 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,814 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7,736 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,856 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,484 |

## People named Delmer

- Delmer Daves, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (1904–1977)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.