Wilmoth

Last seen for girls in 1941 at #3,954 · Last seen for boys in 1927 at #3,151
Given to girls 85.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1909 · 9 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
178
since 1909

Wilmoth over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #1,471, 1909girlsboysat peak
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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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1941#3,9546
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1935#3,7426
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1932#4,4115
1931#3,4977
1930#3,0559
1929#3,6827
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1927#2,55213#3,1518
1926#2,87211
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1924#3,14410
1923#3,8226
1922#4,0117
1921#3,16410
1920#2,73112#3,8156
1919#4,2516
1918#4,8095
1917#2,55212#3,9815
1916#3,0319#3,8975
1915#2,68810
1914#2,4349
1913#2,5407
1912#2,1448
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1909#1,4719
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First appearance
1909

The first year at least five girls were named Wilmoth! It came in at #1,471, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1911, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Wilmoth
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1941
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1909
  • Peaked 1909 at #1,471 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1910, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 38,581
  • Highest: 1 in 38,581 girls born in 1909 were named Wilmoth (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 201,353 girls born in 1941 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 39.3% of all girls named Wilmoth (70) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1924
  • Mostly boys until 1923, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s9#1,471 (1909)#1,471
1910s66#2,144 (1912)#3,056
1920s70#2,552 (1927)#3,165
1930s27#3,055 (1930)#3,676
1940s6#3,954 (1941)#3,954

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Wilmoth in 1930

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#3,055
9 births · 1 in 125,103 girls

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #3,055Wilmoth9
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 125,103 of them was named Wilmoth, which outranked 41.8% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilmoth
  1. #2,845Wilberta10
  2. #2,845Yoneko10
  3. #2,845Yukie10
  4. #3,055Wilmoth9
  5. #3,055Abelina9
  6. #3,055Al9
  7. #3,055Alan9
  8. #3,345Adena8
  9. #3,345Adlean8
  10. #3,345Adlene8

Tied with 289 names at #3,055; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1930