Quick answers about Elmo
How many people are named Elmo?
An estimated 1,579 living Americans are named Elmo.
How rare is Elmo?
Elmo fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Elmo?
The median age of a living American named Elmo is approximately 68 years, with most bearers falling between 55 and 78 years old.
Is Elmo still popular?
Not especially. Elmo has been declining since its 1920 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Elmo most common?
Elmo has its strongest geographic signal in Utah, where it appears 6.9× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19202025
Where it lives now
Elmo is most concentrated in Louisiana — about 5.8× the national rate in the 1950s.
States where Elmo is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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