# Elmar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elmar/  
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 | 314 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 294 / 20 (6% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 5 | 5,043 |
| 1919 | 5 | 5,027 |
| 1920 | 5 | 5,199 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,786 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 7 | 3,069 |
| 1936 | 9 | 2,500 |
| 1937 | 8 | 2,742 |
| 1939 | 6 | 3,221 |
| 1940 | 8 | 2,724 |
| 1946 | 5 | 3,671 |
| 1949 | 5 | 3,843 |
| 1952 | 6 | 3,477 |
| 1960 | 6 | 3,778 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,460 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,849 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,833 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,138 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,617 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,194 |

## People named Elmar

- Elmar Gasimov, Azerbaijani judoka
- Elmar Klos, Czech director, scriptwriter and university educator (1910–1993)
- Elmar Mammadyarov, Azerbaijani diplomat
- Elmar Wepper, German actor (1944–2023)
- Elmar Borrmann, German fencer
- Elmar Reinders, Dutch bicycle rider
- Elmar Altvater, German Marxist academic (1938-2018)
- Elmar Mäder, Commander of the Swiss Guard (born 1963)
- Elmar Magerramov, chess player
- Elmar Lichtenegger, Austrian athletics competitor
- Elmar Kaljot, Estonian footballer and coach (1901-1969)
- Elmar Bakhshiev, footballer

## 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.