Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Wilmer” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wilmer” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Wilmer” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Wilmer” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Wilmer” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Wilmer” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Wilmer” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wilmer” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 19 0.0000943 19 -100%
1881 11 0.000057087 11 -100%
1882 20 0.00009028 20 -100%
1883 15 0.000069142 15 -100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 -100%
1885 16 0.00006643 16 -100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 -100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 -100%
1888 16 0.000053427 16 -100%
1889 14 0.000048452 14 -100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 -100%
1891 19 0.000066278 19 -100%
1892 28 0.000083739 28 -100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 -100%
1894 23 0.000067909 23 -100%
1895 27 0.000076919 27 -100%
1896 22 0.000061541 22 -100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 -100%
1898 26 0.00006816 26 -100%
1899 15 0.000044217 15 -100%
1900 52 0.000115489 9 43 -65%
1901 22 0.000063618 22 -100%
1902 25 0.000064644 25 -100%
1903 36 0.000094439 36 -100%
1904 43 0.000106571 6 37 -72%
1905 43 0.000101434 6 37 -72%
1906 42 0.000098028 5 37 -76%
1907 40 0.000085949 40 -100%
1908 43 0.000087998 43 -100%
1909 52 0.000101717 7 45 -73%
1910 68 0.000115116 12 56 -65%
1911 88 0.000136587 10 78 -77%
1912 145 0.000146752 11 134 -85%
1913 210 0.000184679 13 197 -88%
1914 272 0.000192044 17 255 -88%
1915 376 0.000205192 24 352 -87%
1916 366 0.000189204 23 343 -87%
1917 357 0.0001779 15 342 -92%
1918 363 0.000167196 19 344 -90%
1919 367 0.000173913 34 333 -81%
1920 473 0.000209048 30 443 -87%
1921 448 0.000191904 23 425 -90%
1922 392 0.000171242 24 368 -88%
1923 377 0.000163736 26 351 -86%
1924 394 0.000165434 29 365 -85%
1925 380 0.000162859 24 356 -87%
1926 339 0.000147654 27 312 -84%
1927 361 0.000155647 24 337 -87%
1928 317 0.000140207 19 298 -88%
1929 290 0.00013229 20 270 -86%
1930 283 0.000127289 18 265 -87%
1931 280 0.000133055 16 264 -89%
1932 266 0.000125989 18 248 -86%
1933 221 0.000110531 14 207 -87%
1934 211 0.000101598 14 197 -87%
1935 211 0.000100962 17 194 -84%
1936 194 0.000093378 10 184 -90%
1937 197 0.000092459 16 181 -84%
1938 193 0.000087229 16 177 -83%
1939 168 0.000076244 12 156 -86%
1940 169 0.000073393 11 158 -87%
1941 181 0.000074289 12 169 -87%
1942 158 0.000057837 12 146 -85%
1943 201 0.000071212 12 189 -88%
1944 158 0.000058734 11 147 -86%
1945 123 0.000046364 8 115 -87%
1946 135 0.000042249 10 125 -85%
1947 156 0.000043305 8 148 -90%
1948 147 0.000042578 10 137 -86%
1949 127 0.000036444 8 119 -87%
1950 103 0.0000294 10 93 -81%
1951 115 0.000031218 7 108 -88%
1952 112 0.000029489 112 -100%
1953 95 0.000024652 95 -100%
1954 83 0.000020851 83 -100%
1955 105 0.000026151 105 -100%
1956 84 0.000020373 5 79 -88%
1957 92 0.000021894 5 87 -89%
1958 71 0.000017175 71 -100%
1959 85 0.000020443 6 79 -86%
1960 71 0.000017093 71 -100%
1961 79 0.000019072 79 -100%
1962 62 0.000015364 62 -100%
1963 63 0.000015916 63 -100%
1964 68 0.000017491 68 -100%
1965 47 0.000012964 47 -100%
1966 54 0.000015537 54 -100%
1967 52 0.000015317 52 -100%
1968 53 0.000015688 53 -100%
1969 52 0.000014963 52 -100%
1970 48 0.000013309 48 -100%
1971 46 0.000013402 46 -100%
1972 35 0.000011136 35 -100%
1973 40 0.000013259 40 -100%
1974 32 0.000010526 32 -100%
1975 36 0.000011923 36 -100%
1976 34 0.000011205 34 -100%
1977 29 0.00000913 29 -100%
1978 29 0.000009137 29 -100%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 -100%
1980 31 0.000009 31 -100%
1981 30 0.000008672 30 -100%
1982 34 0.000009692 34 -100%
1983 29 0.000008373 29 -100%
1984 34 0.000009746 34 -100%
1985 46 0.000012888 46 -100%
1986 42 0.000011807 42 -100%
1987 60 0.000016641 60 -100%
1988 50 0.000013532 50 -100%
1989 51 0.000013266 51 -100%
1990 50 0.00001265 50 -100%
1991 50 0.000012836 50 -100%
1992 74 0.000019264 74 -100%
1993 65 0.00001724 65 -100%
1994 55 0.000014794 55 -100%
1995 62 0.00001693 62 -100%
1996 62 0.000016999 62 -100%
1997 72 0.000019858 72 -100%
1998 66 0.000017944 66 -100%
1999 79 0.000021387 79 -100%
2000 95 0.000025133 95 -100%
2001 113 0.000030187 113 -100%
2002 101 0.000027018 101 -100%
2003 100 0.0000263 100 -100%
2004 116 0.000030359 116 -100%
2005 137 0.000035632 137 -100%
2006 149 0.000037663 149 -100%
2007 175 0.000043775 175 -100%
2008 120 0.000030529 120 -100%
2009 135 0.000035339 135 -100%
2010 124 0.000033552 124 -100%
2011 108 0.000029526 108 -100%
2012 94 0.000025702 94 -100%
2013 88 0.000024138 88 -100%
2014 99 0.000026711 99 -100%
2015 103 0.000027831 103 -100%
2016 108 0.000029438 108 -100%
2017 82 0.000022929 82 -100%
2018 96 0.000027305 96 -100%
2019 95 0.00002737 95 -100%
2020 76 0.000022751 76 -100%
2021 106 0.000031287 106 -100%
2022 109 0.000032219 109 -100%
2023 115 0.000034731 115 -100%
2024 88 0.000026438 88 -100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Wilmer:

  1. Wilmajean
  2. Wilman
  3. Wilmar
  4. Wilmarie
  5. Wilmary
  6. Wilmer (this page)
  7. Wilmeth
  8. Wilmetta
  9. Wilmina
  10. Wilmon
  11. Wilmont