as a First Name
English form of the name of the Greek epic poet Homēros, now regularly used as a given name in the United States (compare Virgil), where it has been immortalized by the cartoon character Homer Simpson in the television series The Simpsons. Many theories have been put forward to explain the origin of the name of the poet, but none is conclusive. It is identical in form with the Greek vocabulary word homēros ‘hostage’.
| 966th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 29,401
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 49,117
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Homer per capita
- 1913
- marked the height of its popularity
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17%
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1%
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0.40%
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