Palmer
The 2025 national count puts Palmer at #232, and gathering speed. On the books since 1908, peaking in 2025: 9,389 American children so far.
Palmer’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Palmer, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Palmer since 1908
Palmer is at its all-time peak right now: #232 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Palmer is most common
The state that gives Palmer most often, per girls born there, is North Dakota (0.44% in 2025); South Dakota and Nebraska are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Palmer
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Presley
#225 in 2025
Phoebe
#157 in 2025
Piper
#155 in 2025
Parker
#102 in 2025
Paisley
#67 in 2025
Maisie
#233 in 2025 · Greek
Abel
#231 in 2025 · Hebrew
Simon
#230 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Palmer
Where does Palmer rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Palmer at #232, and gathering speed. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1908.
What is the recorded meaning of Palmer?
The public-domain references we cite do not record a meaning for Palmer, so this page does not invent one.
Which names sit near Palmer?
The recipe puts Presley first, then Piper, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
Get Palmer’s free Name Kit
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