Wilmer
Last seen for girls in 1959 at #5,566 · #1,728 for boys in 2025, 94 births
Given to boys 95.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1915 · 352 births
- Debut · boys
- 19 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,979since 1880
Wilmer over time
Rank among boys' names. Wilmer has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,728 | 94 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,833 | 88 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,530 | 115 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,607 | 109 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,606 | 106 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,922 | 76 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,678 | 95 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,663 | 96 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,820 | 82 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,539 | 108 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,567 | 103 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,588 | 99 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,685 | 88 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,637 | 94 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,495 | 108 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,368 | 124 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,298 | 135 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,408 | 120 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,066 | 175 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,141 | 149 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,162 | 137 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,287 | 116 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,356 | 100 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,315 | 101 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,200 | 113 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,341 | 95 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,457 | 79 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,585 | 66 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,468 | 73 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,586 | 62 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,527 | 62 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,643 | 55 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,444 | 65 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,309 | 74 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,652 | 50 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,635 | 50 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,567 | 51 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,501 | 50 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,259 | 60 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,565 | 42 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,452 | 46 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,690 | 34 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,864 | 29 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,700 | 34 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,865 | 30 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,808 | 31 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,598 | 36 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,794 | 29 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,780 | 29 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,478 | 36 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,546 | 32 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,312 | 40 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,441 | 35 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,214 | 46 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,192 | 48 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,075 | 52 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,017 | 53 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,003 | 52 | |
| 1966 | — | #991 | 54 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,081 | 47 | |
| 1964 | — | #921 | 68 | |
| 1963 | — | #947 | 63 | |
| 1962 | — | #967 | 62 | |
| 1961 | — | #859 | 79 | |
| 1960 | — | #897 | 71 | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #854 | 79 |
| 1958 | — | #892 | 71 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #803 | 87 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #840 | 79 |
| 1955 | — | #713 | 105 | |
| 1954 | — | #788 | 83 | |
| 1953 | — | #735 | 95 | |
| 1952 | — | #653 | 112 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #672 | 108 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #711 | 93 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #621 | 120 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | #569 | 137 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #553 | 148 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #573 | 125 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #558 | 115 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #499 | 147 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #459 | 189 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #507 | 146 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #453 | 169 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #460 | 158 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #461 | 156 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 | #429 | 177 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #421 | 181 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #403 | 184 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | #393 | 194 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | #393 | 197 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #377 | 207 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #351 | 248 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 | #334 | 264 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | #346 | 265 |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 | #340 | 270 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | #325 | 298 |
| 1927 | #1,728 | 24 | #313 | 337 |
| 1926 | #1,589 | 27 | #323 | 312 |
| 1925 | #1,748 | 24 | #302 | 356 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 | #299 | 365 |
| 1923 | #1,637 | 26 | #300 | 351 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | #294 | 368 |
| 1921 | #1,821 | 23 | #271 | 425 |
| 1920 | #1,470 | 30 | #259 | 443 |
| 1919 | #1,325 | 34 | #296 | 333 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 | #297 | 344 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | #279 | 342 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 | #275 | 343 |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 | #256 | 352 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | #273 | 255 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | #277 | 197 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #321 | 134 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #300 | 78 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | #329 | 56 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #348 | 45 |
| 1908 | — | #346 | 43 | |
| 1907 | — | #341 | 40 | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #342 | 37 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #329 | 37 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #328 | 37 |
| 1903 | — | #312 | 36 | |
| 1902 | — | #404 | 25 | |
| 1901 | — | #399 | 22 | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | #325 | 43 |
| 1899 | — | #502 | 15 | |
| 1898 | — | #385 | 26 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #417 | 22 | |
| 1895 | — | #358 | 27 | |
| 1894 | — | #387 | 23 | |
| 1893 | — | #330 | 28 | |
| 1892 | — | #357 | 28 | |
| 1891 | — | #397 | 19 | |
| 1890 | — | #489 | 15 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #438 | 15 | |
| 1886 | — | #403 | 19 | |
| 1885 | — | #462 | 16 | |
| 1884 | — | #433 | 18 | |
| 1883 | — | #460 | 15 | |
| 1882 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #392 | 19 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilmer was already there! It came in at #392, and was given to 19 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wilmer
- 105 spots since 2024 (#1,833 → #1,728)
- 194 spots since 2020 (#1,922 → #1,728)
- 161 spots since 2015 (#1,567 → #1,728)
- Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1900 (#502 → #325)
- Biggest drop: 160 spots in 1965 (#921 → #1,081)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1915 at #256 (352 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1880–1964
- Highest: 1 in 2,403 boys born in 1920 were named Wilmer (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,171 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #256 in 1915, was only 1 in 2,411 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.1% of all boys named Wilmer (3,525) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 163 | #392 (1880) | #450 |
| 1890s | 218 | #330 (1893) | #414 |
| 1900s | 365 | #312 (1903) | #347 |
| 1910s | 2,434 | #256 (1915) | #290 |
| 1920s | 3,525 | #259 (1920) | #303 |
| 1930s | 2,073 | #334 (1931) | #391 |
| 1940s | 1,454 | #453 (1941) | #525 |
| 1950s | 912 | #653 (1952) | #766 |
| 1960s | 601 | #859 (1961) | #976 |
| 1970s | 365 | #1,192 (1970) | #1,493 |
| 1980s | 407 | #1,259 (1987) | #1,627 |
| 1990s | 636 | #1,309 (1992) | #1,531 |
| 2000s | 1,241 | #1,066 (2007) | #1,257 |
| 2010s | 997 | #1,368 (2010) | #1,604 |
| 2020s | 588 | #1,530 (2023) | #1,704 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Wilmer in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 72,084 of them was named Wilmer, which outranked 58.5% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,100Wenonah16
- #2,100Yola16
- #2,100Yukie16
- #2,204Wilmer15
- #2,204Adriana15
- #2,204Aldora15
- #2,204Allison15
- #2,316Adrian14
- #2,316Aileene14
- #2,316Alvie14
Tied with 111 names at #2,204; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 2,706 of them was named Wilmer, which outranked 93.9% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.