Elmore
About Elmore
Boys' names beginning with "El" were all the rage in the 1910s, but today Elmore - along with Elwin, Ellsworth and others - has barely been used for decades. It has literary connections through writer Elmore "Dutch" Leonard. More recently, several children's book characters have given the name a cuddly feel: Holly Hobbie's Elmore the Porcupine, and Elmore Green in Lauren Child's "The New Small Person".
Pronounced EL-mor.
As of October 2026, Elmore ranked #12685 in US births in 2021 SSA, peaked at #402 in 1896.
Editor's take: The name Elmore is a boy's name of English origin meaning "moor with elm trees".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Elmore on lists
Famous Elmores
- Elmore John Leonard
American novelist
- Elmore James
American blues guitarist
- Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr.
American actor
- Elmore Howard Hutchinson
Jamaican,American cricketer
- Elmore Philpott
Canadian politician and journalist
Elmore in pop culture
- Elmore
setting of TV's "The Amazing World of Gumball"
- Elmore
Minnesota, USA