Gilmer
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
- Peak · boys
- 1907 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,187since 1907
Gilmer over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gilmer has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
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| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
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| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #1,327 | 28 |
| 1945 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,386 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,322 | 31 |
| 1926 | #1,565 | 23 |
| 1925 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1924 | #1,246 | 34 |
| 1923 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1922 | #1,222 | 35 |
| 1921 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1919 | #1,159 | 36 |
| 1918 | #1,012 | 44 |
| 1917 | #1,238 | 30 |
| 1916 | #1,072 | 36 |
| 1915 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,137 | 17 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #930 | 9 |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1907
The first year at least five boys were named Gilmer! It came in at #930, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Gilmer is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Gilmer in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Gilmer
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1907 at #930 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1907
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,314
- Highest: 1 in 16,314 boys born in 1907 were named Gilmer (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 24.5% of all boys named Gilmer (291) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 15 | #930 (1907) | #1,104 |
| 1910s | 229 | #1,012 (1918) | #1,300 |
| 1920s | 291 | #1,222 (1922) | #1,378 |
| 1930s | 195 | #1,386 (1934) | #1,596 |
| 1940s | 187 | #1,327 (1946) | #1,717 |
| 1950s | 117 | #1,765 (1953) | #2,393 |
| 1960s | 43 | #2,780 (1965) | #3,726 |
| 1970s | 11 | #4,230 (1970) | #4,608 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,250 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 21 | #10,151 (2005) | #11,391 |
| 2010s | 43 | #8,130 (2014) | #9,690 |
| 2020s | 30 | #7,738 (2023) | #9,697 |
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.
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