Hilmer

Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472

Peak · boys
1888 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
499
since 1888

Hilmer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hilmer has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #917, 1888boys
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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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1947#3,3706
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1944#2,8627
1943#3,2316
1942#2,5239
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1938#3,5345
1937#2,6808
1936#3,1476
1935#2,39610
1934#2,5639
1933#3,2686
1932#2,8498
1931#3,3906
1930#3,5926
1929#2,09614
1928#2,04815
1927#1,95917
1926#1,98116
1925#1,58323
1924#1,49226
1923#1,38528
1922#1,54524
1921#1,98017
1920#1,69421
1919#1,81118
1918#1,44625
1917#1,29128
1916#1,37425
1915#1,66018
1914#1,34220
1913#1,14620
1912#1,26814
1911#1,3877
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1907#1,3455
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1900#1,3105
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1894#1,0745
1893#1,0355
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1888#9176
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Hilmer! It came in at #917, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hilmer
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1888 at #917 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 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 · 1888
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,142
  • Highest: 1 in 20,142 boys born in 1888 were named Hilmer (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 399,461 boys born in 2005 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 40.3% of all boys named Hilmer (201) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#917 (1888)#917
1890s10#1,035 (1893)#1,055
1900s10#1,310 (1900)#1,328
1910s175#1,146 (1913)#1,414
1920s201#1,385 (1923)#1,776
1930s64#2,396 (1935)#3,047
1940s28#2,523 (1942)#2,997
1950s0
1960s0
1970s0
1980s0
1990s0
2000s5#11,472 (2005)#11,472

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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