Palmer
Quick answers about Palmer
How many people are named Palmer?
An estimated 9,148 living Americans are named Palmer.
How rare is Palmer?
Palmer is moderately uncommon among babies today, with 1,330 girls receiving the name in 2025, matching its recorded peak.
How old is the typical Palmer?
The median age of a living American named Palmer is approximately 4 years, with most bearers falling between 2 and 7 years old.
Is Palmer still popular?
Yes — Palmer is currently rising in popularity, with 1,330 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 10.6× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Palmer most common?
Palmer has its strongest geographic signal in Nebraska, where it appears 3.7× more often than the national baseline.
Palmer is most concentrated in Nebraska — about 3.7× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in Kansas.
States where Palmer is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.