Wilmer

Where Wilmer comes from

From Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”) + mǣre (“famous”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz, from *wiljô + *mērijaz.
— Wiktionary's entry for Wilmer
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #392 among boys — 19 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1904
    Wilmer Allison born
    US tennis player
  3. 1915
    Peak, #256
    352 babies named Wilmer — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #461.
  5. 1980
    Wilmer Valderrama born
    American-Venezuelan actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Wilmer Valderrama · American-Venezuelan actor, born 1980
  • Wilmer Allison · US tennis player, 1904–1977
  • Wilmer Cabrera · Colombian footballer and manager, born 1967
  • Wilmer López · Costa Rican footballer, born 1971
  • Wilmer Crisanto · Honduran footballer, born 1989

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.