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

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Peak · boys
1915 · 352 births
Debut · boys
19 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,979
since 1880

Wilmer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wilmer has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #256, 1915boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,72894
2024#1,83388
2023#1,530115
2022#1,607109
2021#1,606106
2020#1,92276
2019#1,67895
2018#1,66396
2017#1,82082
2016#1,539108
2015#1,567103
2014#1,58899
2013#1,68588
2012#1,63794
2011#1,495108
2010#1,368124
2009#1,298135
2008#1,408120
2007#1,066175
2006#1,141149
2005#1,162137
2004#1,287116
2003#1,356100
2002#1,315101
2001#1,200113
2000#1,34195
1999#1,45779
1998#1,58566
1997#1,46873
1996#1,58662
1995#1,52762
1994#1,64355
1993#1,44465
1992#1,30974
1991#1,65250
1990#1,63550
1989#1,56751
1988#1,50150
1987#1,25960
1986#1,56542
1985#1,45246
1984#1,69034
1983#1,86429
1982#1,70034
1981#1,86530
1980#1,80831
1979#1,59836
1978#1,79429
1977#1,78029
1976#1,57234
1975#1,47836
1974#1,54632
1973#1,31240
1972#1,44135
1971#1,21446
1970#1,19248
1969#1,07552
1968#1,01753
1967#1,00352
1966#99154
1965#1,08147
1964#92168
1963#94763
1962#96762
1961#85979
1960#89771
1959#5,5666#85479
1958#89271
1957#6,0865#80387
1956#5,9525#84079
1955#713105
1954#78883
1953#73595
1952#653112
1951#4,3857#672108
1950#3,42310#71193
1949#3,8928#621120
1948#3,35010#569137
1947#4,0078#553148
1946#3,21710#573125
1945#3,3888#558115
1944#2,76211#499147
1943#2,69512#459189
1942#2,66612#507146
1941#2,53212#453169
1940#2,57211#460158
1939#2,41712#461156
1938#2,02116#429177
1937#1,99916#421181
1936#2,68910#403184
1935#1,91717#393194
1934#2,18714#393197
1933#2,16114#377207
1932#1,87718#351248
1931#2,02416#334264
1930#1,93418#346265
1929#1,82520#340270
1928#1,96119#325298
1927#1,72824#313337
1926#1,58927#323312
1925#1,74824#302356
1924#1,56629#299365
1923#1,63726#300351
1922#1,73024#294368
1921#1,82123#271425
1920#1,47030#259443
1919#1,32534#296333
1918#1,96319#297344
1917#2,20415#279342
1916#1,58123#275343
1915#1,47524#256352
1914#1,60317#273255
1913#1,67013#277197
1912#1,71911#321134
1911#1,54510#30078
1910#1,33512#32956
1909#1,7637#34845
1908#34643
1907#34140
1906#1,9515#34237
1905#1,6966#32937
1904#1,6596#32837
1903#31236
1902#40425
1901#39922
1900#1,3199#32543
1899#50215
1898#38526
1897#51515
1896#41722
1895#35827
1894#38723
1893#33028
1892#35728
1891#39719
1890#48915
1889#49814
1888#48416
1887#43815
1886#40319
1885#46216
1884#43318
1883#46015
1882#39920
1881#53311
1880#39219
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1915 at #256 (352 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 86 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1880–1964
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,403
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.1% of all boys named Wilmer (3,525) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s163#392 (1880)#450
1890s218#330 (1893)#414
1900s365#312 (1903)#347
1910s2,434#256 (1915)#290
1920s3,525#259 (1920)#303
1930s2,073#334 (1931)#391
1940s1,454#453 (1941)#525
1950s912#653 (1952)#766
1960s601#859 (1961)#976
1970s365#1,192 (1970)#1,493
1980s407#1,259 (1987)#1,627
1990s636#1,309 (1992)#1,531
2000s1,241#1,066 (2007)#1,257
2010s997#1,368 (2010)#1,604
2020s588#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 1934

girls
#2,187
14 births · 1 in 74,588 girls
boys
#393
197 births · 1 in 5,242 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #2,187Wilmer14

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #393Wilmer197
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 74,588 of them was named Wilmer, which outranked 56.0% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilmer
  1. #2,087Wayne15
  2. #2,087Wynne15
  3. #2,087Yetta15
  4. #2,187Wilmer14
  5. #2,187Albertina14
  6. #2,187Aldene14
  7. #2,187Aleene14
  8. #2,289Adelene13
  9. #2,289Aldine13
  10. #2,289Alfrieda13

Tied with 101 names at #2,187; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 5,242 of them was named Wilmer, which outranked 90.7% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilmer
  1. #388Gus199
  2. #391Guadalupe198
  3. #391Winston198
  4. #393Wilmer197
  5. #393Simon197
  6. #395Levi196
  7. #396Al194
  8. #397Wilford193

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934