How rare is the name Wilmer?

12,924 people in the United States have the first name Wilmer, about 1 in 23,370. It ranks #2,089 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WILMER

#2,089

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,924
About
1 in 23,370
This common or more
78.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,924 people named Wilmer, 71.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 20.8% as White and 5.3% as Black. 98.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Wilmer peaked in 1920, when 473 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1920
Births that year
473
In 2025*
94 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 16,722 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Wilmer by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #616. The largest share of babies named Wilmer, 36.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#957163
1890s#1,016218
1900s#867398
1910s#6162,612
1920s#6393,771
1930s#8032,224
1940s#1,1001,556
1950s#1,732945
1960s#2,349601
1970s#3,587365
1980s#3,918407
1990s#3,632636
2000s#2,8521,241
2010s#3,557997
2020s#3,601588
Before 19012.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2736.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4522.9%
Baby boom 1946–6411.1%
Generation X 1965–803.9%
Millennials 1981–964.7%
Generation Z 1997–1210.7%
2013 and later7.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Wilmer is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wilmer has been most common in Louisiana (3.5×), Alabama (3.2×), and Pennsylvania (2.9×), and least common in Tennessee (0.15×).

10,867 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Wilmer

#2,087 Jeanie · 12,972#2,088 Shania · 12,970#2,090 Dusty · 12,895#2,091 Devyn · 12,889

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wilmer, most common first.

#10,976 Wilmar · 1,189#13,062 Wilner · 935#33,205 Willmer · 250

Also a last name

As a last name, Wilmer ranks #14,704 of 156,621, with 1,939 people. See Wilmer as a last name

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