Hilmer

Where Hilmer comes from

Hilmer hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1883
    Hilmer Bülow born
    German officer
  2. 1888
    Debut at its peak, #917
    #917 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1889
    Hilmer Ekdahl born
    Swedish cinematographer
  4. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Hilmer Bülow · German officer, 1883–1966
  • Hilmer Ekdahl · Swedish cinematographer, 1889–1967

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.