Meaning not yet researched.
Wilmer: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 94 in 2025. Its best rank was #256 in 1915.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #256 in 1915; #1,742 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Wilmer in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,742 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1915, at #256.
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Wilmer: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 94 boys in 2025. Peak: #256 in 1915 · most boys in one year: 443 (1920).
In 2025, 94 US boys were named Wilmer, making it the 1,742nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 112 places from #1,854 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 88 boys named Wilmer in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #256, reached in 1915. The most boys given the name in a single year was 443, in 1920. For comparison, it was #1,579 in 2015 and #715 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wilmer in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 19 babies with the name. In all, 16,722 US babies have been given the name, 4.4% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 3,771 babies named Wilmer.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 969 US boys were named Wilmer; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 115. In 2025 that was about 1 in 18,171 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Wilmer ranked highest in Tennessee in 2025, at #840 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Wilmar, Willmer and Wilmore are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Wilmar (613), Willmer (315), Wilmore (80), Willmar (65), Welmer (10), Wilmur (6), Wilmor (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Wilmer in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 8 | #840 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,243 | #986 |
| New York | 8 | #1,403 | #1,813 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,461 | — |
| California | 11 | #1,576 | #2,258 |
| Texas | 9 | #1,901 | #1,195 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 94 | #1,742 |
| 2024 | — | — | 88 | #1,854 |
| 2023 | — | — | 115 | #1,537 |
| 2022 | — | — | 109 | #1,610 |
| 2021 | — | — | 106 | #1,613 |
| 2020 | — | — | 76 | #1,935 |
| 2019 | — | — | 95 | #1,688 |
| 2018 | — | — | 96 | #1,670 |
| 2017 | — | — | 82 | #1,826 |
| 2016 | — | — | 108 | #1,547 |
| 2015 | — | — | 103 | #1,579 |
| 2014 | — | — | 99 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | — | — | 88 | #1,693 |
| 2012 | — | — | 94 | #1,656 |
| 2011 | — | — | 108 | #1,502 |
| 2010 | — | — | 124 | #1,371 |
| 2009 | — | — | 135 | #1,303 |
| 2008 | — | — | 120 | #1,413 |
| 2007 | — | — | 175 | #1,069 |
| 2006 | — | — | 149 | #1,143 |
| 2005 | — | — | 137 | #1,169 |
| 2004 | — | — | 116 | #1,291 |
| 2003 | — | — | 100 | #1,363 |
| 2002 | — | — | 101 | #1,325 |
| 2001 | — | — | 113 | #1,202 |
| 2000 | — | — | 95 | #1,352 |
| 1999 | — | — | 79 | #1,470 |
| 1998 | — | — | 66 | #1,601 |
| 1997 | — | — | 73 | #1,479 |
| 1996 | — | — | 62 | #1,597 |
| 1995 | — | — | 62 | #1,548 |
| 1994 | — | — | 55 | #1,662 |
| 1993 | — | — | 65 | #1,459 |
| 1992 | — | — | 74 | #1,320 |
| 1991 | — | — | 50 | #1,675 |
| 1990 | — | — | 50 | #1,661 |
| 1989 | — | — | 51 | #1,589 |
| 1988 | — | — | 50 | #1,513 |
| 1987 | — | — | 60 | #1,271 |
| 1986 | — | — | 42 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | — | — | 46 | #1,483 |
| 1984 | — | — | 34 | #1,722 |
| 1983 | — | — | 29 | #1,903 |
| 1982 | — | — | 34 | #1,732 |
| 1981 | — | — | 30 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | — | — | 31 | #1,850 |
| 1979 | — | — | 36 | #1,631 |
| 1978 | — | — | 29 | #1,833 |
| 1977 | — | — | 29 | #1,821 |
| 1976 | — | — | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1975 | — | — | 36 | #1,504 |
| 1974 | — | — | 32 | #1,581 |
| 1973 | — | — | 40 | #1,328 |
| 1972 | — | — | 35 | #1,452 |
| 1971 | — | — | 46 | #1,234 |
| 1970 | — | — | 48 | #1,206 |
| 1969 | — | — | 52 | #1,085 |
| 1968 | — | — | 53 | #1,025 |
| 1967 | — | — | 52 | #1,017 |
| 1966 | — | — | 54 | #997 |
| 1965 | — | — | 47 | #1,093 |
| 1964 | — | — | 68 | #928 |
| 1963 | — | — | 63 | #955 |
| 1962 | — | — | 62 | #972 |
| 1961 | — | — | 79 | #866 |
| 1960 | — | — | 71 | #904 |
| 1959 | 6 | #6,235 | 79 | #863 |
| 1958 | — | — | 71 | #901 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,992 | 87 | #812 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,881 | 79 | #848 |
| 1955 | — | — | 105 | #714 |
| 1954 | — | — | 83 | #794 |
| 1953 | — | — | 95 | #737 |
| 1952 | — | — | 112 | #658 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,823 | 108 | #674 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,660 | 93 | #715 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,230 | 120 | #623 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,592 | 137 | #571 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,336 | 148 | #555 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,426 | 125 | #576 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,673 | 115 | #562 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,942 | 147 | #501 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,860 | 189 | #459 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,815 | 146 | #507 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,666 | 169 | #454 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,733 | 158 | #461 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,587 | 156 | #462 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,110 | 177 | #431 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,096 | 181 | #422 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,851 | 184 | #404 |
| 1935 | 17 | #2,004 | 194 | #394 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,287 | 197 | #394 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,272 | 207 | #378 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,955 | 248 | #352 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,103 | 264 | #335 |
| 1930 | 18 | #2,020 | 265 | #347 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,891 | 270 | #341 |
| 1928 | 19 | #2,022 | 298 | #325 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,768 | 337 | #313 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,621 | 312 | #323 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,792 | 356 | #302 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,611 | 365 | #299 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,669 | 351 | #300 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,783 | 368 | #295 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,864 | 425 | #272 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,510 | 443 | #259 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,347 | 333 | #297 |
| 1918 | 19 | #2,027 | 344 | #298 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,310 | 342 | #279 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,629 | 343 | #275 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,522 | 352 | #256 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,662 | 255 | #273 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,763 | 197 | #281 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,838 | 134 | #326 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,653 | 78 | #304 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,418 | 56 | #331 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,953 | 45 | #354 |
| 1908 | — | — | 43 | #348 |
| 1907 | — | — | 40 | #350 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,214 | 37 | #345 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,924 | 37 | #336 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,870 | 37 | #334 |
| 1903 | — | — | 36 | #317 |
| 1902 | — | — | 25 | #413 |
| 1901 | — | — | 22 | #406 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,428 | 43 | #329 |
| 1899 | — | — | 15 | #520 |
| 1898 | — | — | 26 | #393 |
| 1897 | — | — | 15 | #555 |
| 1896 | — | — | 22 | #423 |
| 1895 | — | — | 27 | #367 |
| 1894 | — | — | 23 | #398 |
| 1893 | — | — | 28 | #340 |
| 1892 | — | — | 28 | #370 |
| 1891 | — | — | 19 | #410 |
| 1890 | — | — | 15 | #510 |
| 1889 | — | — | 14 | #524 |
| 1888 | — | — | 16 | #502 |
| 1887 | — | — | 15 | #458 |
| 1886 | — | — | 19 | #416 |
| 1885 | — | — | 16 | #479 |
| 1884 | — | — | 18 | #449 |
| 1883 | — | — | 15 | #478 |
| 1882 | — | — | 20 | #415 |
| 1881 | — | — | 11 | #562 |
| 1880 | — | — | 19 | #401 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).