Elmo
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Below 5 births
About Elmo
Elmo, like fellow Sesame Street characters Kermit and Grover, has a hard time being taken seriously. (It isn't easy being red either.)
But Elmo also calls to mind the image of St. Elmo's fire--the light show sometimes visible around ships' masts during storms at sea, which is quite appropriate since Saint Elmo (another name for Erasmus) is the patron saint of sailors. St. Elmo's Fire was also the title of a classic Brat Pack film of the 1980s.
There were a lot more Elmos around a century ago, when Elmo was in the top third of the popularity list.
Elmo is also given to girls.
Pronounced EL-mo.
As of October 2026, Elmo ranked #4436 in US births in 1937 SSA, peaked at #1483 in 1913.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Elmo on lists
Famous Elmos
- Elmo LangleyBoy
American NASCAR driver
- Saint Elmo aka Erasmus of FormiaBoy
Croatian martyr and patron of sailors
- (Saint) Elmo Sylvester HopeBoy
American jazz pianist
- Elmo Everett SmithBoy
American politician; 27th governor of Oregon
- Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt Jr.Boy
U.S. Navy admiral
- (Otto) Elmo LincolnBoy
American actor
- (William) Elmo TannerBoy
American whistler, singer and bandleader
- Saint Elmo BradyBoy
first African,American to receive a Ph.D.
- Elmo ShropshireBoy
American singer of duo Elmo & Patsy
Elmo in pop culture
- ElmoBoy
red Muppet on TV's "Sesame Street"
- Captain Elmo ArmstrongBoy
main character in 1919 film "Elmo the Mighty"
- Elmo "Mo" JonesBoy
character on TV series "Thief"
- Elmo PutneyBoy
character on British TV series "Brush Strokes"
- ElmoBoy
elf in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle,Earth
- St. Elmo's FireBoy
weather phenomenon
- St. Elmo's FireBoy
1985 film