Wilmer

Last seen for girls in 1959 at #5,566 · #1,728 for boys in 2025, 94 births
Given to boys 95.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#256
1915 · 352 births
Debut · boys
1880
19 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,979
since 1880

Wilmer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wilmer has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #256, 1915boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,72894
2024—#1,83388
2023—#1,530115
2022—#1,607109
2021—#1,606106
2020—#1,92276
2019—#1,67895
2018—#1,66396
2017—#1,82082
2016—#1,539108
2015—#1,567103
2014—#1,58899
2013—#1,68588
2012—#1,63794
2011—#1,495108
2010—#1,368124
2009—#1,298135
2008—#1,408120
2007—#1,066175
2006—#1,141149
2005—#1,162137
2004—#1,287116
2003—#1,356100
2002—#1,315101
2001—#1,200113
2000—#1,34195
1999—#1,45779
1998—#1,58566
1997—#1,46873
1996—#1,58662
1995—#1,52762
1994—#1,64355
1993—#1,44465
1992—#1,30974
1991—#1,65250
1990—#1,63550
1989—#1,56751
1988—#1,50150
1987—#1,25960
1986—#1,56542
1985—#1,45246
1984—#1,69034
1983—#1,86429
1982—#1,70034
1981—#1,86530
1980—#1,80831
1979—#1,59836
1978—#1,79429
1977—#1,78029
1976—#1,57234
1975—#1,47836
1974—#1,54632
1973—#1,31240
1972—#1,44135
1971—#1,21446
1970—#1,19248
1969—#1,07552
1968—#1,01753
1967—#1,00352
1966—#99154
1965—#1,08147
1964—#92168
1963—#94763
1962—#96762
1961—#85979
1960—#89771
1959#5,5666#85479
1958—#89271
1957#6,0865#80387
1956#5,9525#84079
1955—#713105
1954—#78883
1953—#73595
1952—#653112
1951#4,3857#672108
1950#3,42310#71193
1949#3,8928#621120
1948#3,35010#569137
1947#4,0078#553148
1946#3,21710#573125
1945#3,3888#558115
1944#2,76211#499147
1943#2,69512#459189
1942#2,66612#507146
1941#2,53212#453169
1940#2,57211#460158
1939#2,41712#461156
1938#2,02116#429177
1937#1,99916#421181
1936#2,68910#403184
1935#1,91717#393194
1934#2,18714#393197
1933#2,16114#377207
1932#1,87718#351248
1931#2,02416#334264
1930#1,93418#346265
1929#1,82520#340270
1928#1,96119#325298
1927#1,72824#313337
1926#1,58927#323312
1925#1,74824#302356
1924#1,56629#299365
1923#1,63726#300351
1922#1,73024#294368
1921#1,82123#271425
1920#1,47030#259443
1919#1,32534#296333
1918#1,96319#297344
1917#2,20415#279342
1916#1,58123#275343
1915#1,47524#256352
1914#1,60317#273255
1913#1,67013#277197
1912#1,71911#321134
1911#1,54510#30078
1910#1,33512#32956
1909#1,7637#34845
1908—#34643
1907—#34140
1906#1,9515#34237
1905#1,6966#32937
1904#1,6596#32837
1903—#31236
1902—#40425
1901—#39922
1900#1,3199#32543
1899—#50215
1898—#38526
1897—#51515
1896—#41722
1895—#35827
1894—#38723
1893—#33028
1892—#35728
1891—#39719
1890—#48915
1889—#49814
1888—#48416
1887—#43815
1886—#40319
1885—#46216
1884—#43318
1883—#46015
1882—#39920
1881—#53311
1880—#39219
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilmer was already there! It came in at #392, and was given to 19 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.

Where Wilmer is popular in 1978

No state had 5 or more boys named Wilmer in 1978, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Wilmer
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 105 spots since 2024 (#1,833 → #1,728)
  • 194 spots since 2020 (#1,922 → #1,728)
  • 161 spots since 2015 (#1,567 → #1,728)
  • Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1900 (#502 → #325)
  • Biggest drop: 160 spots in 1965 (#921 → #1,081)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1915 at #256 (352 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 86 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1880–1964
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,403
  • Highest: 1 in 2,403 boys born in 1920 were named Wilmer (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,171 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #256 in 1915, was only 1 in 2,411 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.1% of all boys named Wilmer (3,525) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s163#392 (1880)#450
1890s218#330 (1893)#414
1900s365#312 (1903)#347
1910s2,434#256 (1915)#290
1920s3,525#259 (1920)#303
1930s2,073#334 (1931)#391
1940s1,454#453 (1941)#525
1950s912#653 (1952)#766
1960s601#859 (1961)#976
1970s365#1,192 (1970)#1,493
1980s407#1,259 (1987)#1,627
1990s636#1,309 (1992)#1,531
2000s1,241#1,066 (2007)#1,257
2010s997#1,368 (2010)#1,604
2020s588#1,530 (2023)#1,704

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.

Wilmer in 1978

boys
#1,794
29 births · 1 in 56,615 boys

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #1,794Wilmer29
More about 1978

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 56,615 of them was named Wilmer, which outranked 73.5% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilmer
  1. #1,760Viet30
  2. #1,760Wardell30
  3. #1,760Young30
  4. #1,794Wilmer29
  5. #1,794Alessandro29
  6. #1,794Ameer29
  7. #1,794Antron29
  8. #1,834Angus28
  9. #1,834Blas28
  10. #1,834Camilo28

Tied with 39 names at #1,794; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →