as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, which originally denoted someone who had made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Such pilgrims generally brought back a palm branch as proof that they had actually made the journey.
| 2,963rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,483
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Palmer per capita
- 1922
- marked the height of its popularity
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100%
51%
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2%
30-54
30-54
6%
13-29
13-29
41%
0-12
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