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.
Where Wilmer is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#536 · 1 in 15,100
- New York#777 · 1 in 21,108
Best ever in a state: #82 in Delaware, 1942.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #536 | 6 | 1 in 15,100 |
| New York | #777 | 7 | 1 in 21,108 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 32,792 of them was named Wilmer, which outranked 78.6% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,006Sal54
- #1,006Santo54
- #1,006Winfred54
- #1,017Wilmer53
- #1,017Alden53
- #1,017Beau53
- #1,017Christophe53
- #1,026Ali52
- #1,026Anderson52
- #1,026Arnoldo52
Tied with 8 names at #1,017; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.