Wilmar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIL-mar
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Wilmar is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “will + famous”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Wilmar mean?
Germanic: Germanic compound, popular in Latin America
“will + famous”
Built from the Germanic elements wil 'will, desire' and mari 'famous'.
Is Wilmar a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilmar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wilmar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Wilmar, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Wilmar in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 101 boys in the US were given Wilmar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,477, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
- Wilmer 94
- Wilmar 7
Wilmar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,575 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
Nicknames for Wilmar
- Wil 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Wilmar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Walter, William, Henry, Emmett, Charlie, Warner, Wilson, Otto, Edgar, Everett, Walker, Leo
Other spellings of Wilmar
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, Archie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wilmar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wilmar, updated 20 October 2026.