How Many People Are Named Wilmer?
people named Wilmer are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 54,346 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,722 babies named Wilmer in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
473 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from the given name WILMǢR.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Wilmer, 2% were girls and 98% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wilmer alive today is about 40 years old, and 49% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wilmer first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 473 babies. In 2025, 94 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wilmer has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #256, in 1915. In 2025 it ranked #1,742.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,742 |
| Best rank | #256 (1915) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #304 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wilmer alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wilmer were born in California than in any other state: about 570 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wilmer was given 3.5 times as often in Louisiana, 2.7 times in Virginia and 2.6 times in Alabama.
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