Wilmoth

Last seen for girls in 1941 at #3,954 · Last seen for boys in 1927 at #3,151
Given to girls 85.6% of the time

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1909 · 9 births
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9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
178
since 1909

Wilmoth over time

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First appearance
1909

The first year at least five girls were named Wilmoth! It came in at #1,471, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1911, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Wilmoth is popular in 1917

No state had 5 or more girls named Wilmoth in 1917, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Wilmoth
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1941
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1909
  • Peaked 1909 at #1,471 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1910, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 38,581
  • Highest: 1 in 38,581 girls born in 1909 were named Wilmoth (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 201,353 girls born in 1941 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 39.3% of all girls named Wilmoth (70) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1924
  • Mostly boys until 1923, mostly girls since
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s9#1,471 (1909)#1,471
1910s66#2,144 (1912)#3,056
1920s70#2,552 (1927)#3,165
1930s27#3,055 (1930)#3,676
1940s6#3,954 (1941)#3,954

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Wilmoth in 1917

girls
#2,552
12 births · 1 in 90,106 girls
boys
#3,981
5 births · 1 in 185,096 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #2,552Wilmoth12

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #3,981Wilmoth5
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 90,106 of them was named Wilmoth, which outranked 51.9% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilmoth
  1. #2,428Wilsie13
  2. #2,428Woodie13
  3. #2,428Wynell13
  4. #2,552Wilmoth12
  5. #2,552Adrianna12
  6. #2,552Akiko12
  7. #2,552Aldean12
  8. #2,693Abby11
  9. #2,693Adair11
  10. #2,693Albertia11

Tied with 140 names at #2,552; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 549Georgene#1,445 → #896
  2. ↑ 380Ottie#1,332 → #952
  3. ↑ 365Louis#1,298 → #933
  4. ↑ 334Valentine#1,298 → #964
  5. ↑ 322Harold#1,210 → #888
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Ceola#840 → #1,241
  2. ↓ 373Floretta#964 → #1,337
  3. ↓ 344Buelah#993 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 326Glennie#915 → #1,241
  5. ↓ 290Maye#915 → #1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 185,096 of them was named Wilmoth, which outranked 13.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilmoth
  1. #3,545York6
  2. #3,545Zed6
  3. #3,545Zion6
  4. #3,981Wilmoth5
  5. #3,981Abbie5
  6. #3,981Abelardo5
  7. #3,981Abran5

Tied with 621 names at #3,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Nicolas#1,304 → #784
  2. ↑ 469Hezekiah#1,415 → #946
  3. ↑ 433Hilliard#1,415 → #982
  4. ↑ 404Rayford#1,304 → #900
  5. ↑ 338Minoru#1,335 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,738Tatsuo#824 → #2,562
  2. ↓ 709Berlin#984 → #1,693
  3. ↓ 556Prentice#972 → #1,528
  4. ↓ 473Manning#964 → #1,437
  5. ↓ 457Lovell#939 → #1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917 →