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Baby name
Homer
Boy
Origin of the name
Homer is the name of the Greek poet to whom the Iliad and the Odyssey are attributed.
Classic name
60,912births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 100rank at its peak, in 1920
Where babies named Homer are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Homer is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Homer is most common in West Virginia (4.6 times), Kentucky (3.6) and Arkansas (3.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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