# Homer (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/homer/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhoʊməɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 61,279 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 60,912 / 367 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Homērus, from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 11 | 2,725 |
| 1934 | 6 | 4,010 |
| 1935 | 9 | 3,021 |
| 1936 | 7 | 3,521 |
| 1939 | 6 | 3,966 |
| 1940 | 6 | 4,059 |
| 1943 | 11 | 2,929 |
| 1944 | 7 | 3,853 |
| 1945 | 5 | 4,836 |
| 1946 | 5 | 5,232 |
| 1948 | 5 | 5,559 |
| 1950 | 6 | 4,959 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6,446 |
| 1961 | 5 | 6,943 |
| 1965 | 5 | 6,890 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 4,564 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,057 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,693 |
| 2014 | 30 | 3,562 |
| 2015 | 30 | 3,616 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,242 |
| 2017 | 26 | 4,029 |
| 2018 | 32 | 3,470 |
| 2019 | 23 | 4,387 |
| 2020 | 30 | 3,609 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3,532 |
| 2022 | 35 | 3,370 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,142 |
| 2024 | 26 | 4,119 |
| 2025 | 21 | 4,769 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: هُومِيرُوس
- Armenian: Հոմերոս
- Bulgarian: О́мир, Омир
- Catalan: Homer
- Chinese: 荷馬 /荷马
- Czech: Homér
- Dutch: Homerus
- Esperanto: Homero
- Finnish: Homeros
- French: Homère, Omer
- German: Homer
- Greek: Όμηρος
- Icelandic: Hómer
- Irish: Hóiméar
- Italian: Omero
- Japanese: ホメロス
- Korean: 호메로스
- Latin: Homērus
- Portuguese: Homero
- Russian: Гоме́р

## People named Homer

- Nathan Homer Knorr, American Watch Tower Society president (1905–1977)
- Homer Hickam, American author and engineer (born 1943)
- Homer Stille Cummings, American politician (1870-1956)
- Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (1892-1949)
- Jonathan Homer Lane, American astronomer (1819-1880)
- Homer H. Dubs, American sinologist (1892-1969)
- Robert Homer Simpson, American meteorologist (1912–2014)
- Homer Bailey, baseball player from the United States
- Homer S. Ferguson, American politician (1889-1982)
- Homer Martin Adkins, 32nd Governor of Arkansas (1890–1964)
- Homer Lea, American adventurer and writer (1876–1912)
- Homer Taylor, American archer (1851-1933)

## 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.