Kramer comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Merchant, trader, or shopkeeper..
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How popular is Kramer?
1989peak year
Today, Kramer is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #11378), with only about 6 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1989, 70 babies were given the name (ranked #1315 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. In all, around 506 babies have been registered as Kramer since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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