Wilmer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIL-mer
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #1,728 for boys
Wilmer is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous for resolve”. In 2025 it ranked 1,728th for boys in the US (94 babies).
What does Wilmer mean?
Germanic: from a Germanic name of 'will' and 'famous'
“famous for resolve”
From an old Germanic name combining wil, 'will, desire', and mari, 'famous'; now widely used in Latin America.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Wilmer a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilmer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 94 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wilmer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,728th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 94 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 94 boys in the US were named Wilmer, making it the 1,728th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,922nd. Its busiest year was 1920, with 443 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wilmer in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 101 boys in the US were given Wilmer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,477, up from #1,728 for this spelling alone.
- Wilmer 94
- Wilmar 7
Wilmer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #1,728 |
| 2024 | 88 | #1,833 |
| 2023 | 115 | #1,530 |
| 2022 | 109 | #1,607 |
| 2021 | 106 | #1,606 |
| 2020 | 76 | #1,922 |
| 2019 | 95 | #1,678 |
| 2018 | 96 | #1,663 |
| 2017 | 82 | #1,820 |
| 2016 | 108 | #1,539 |
| 2015 | 103 | #1,567 |
| 2014 | 99 | #1,588 |
| 2013 | 88 | #1,684 |
| 2012 | 94 | #1,636 |
| 2011 | 108 | #1,495 |
| 2010 | 124 | #1,368 |
| 2009 | 135 | #1,298 |
| 2008 | 120 | #1,408 |
| 2007 | 175 | #1,066 |
| 2006 | 149 | #1,141 |
| 2005 | 137 | #1,161 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,285 |
| 2003 | 100 | #1,355 |
| 2002 | 101 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 113 | #1,198 |
| 2000 | 95 | #1,338 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,454 |
| 1998 | 66 | #1,582 |
| 1997 | 73 | #1,465 |
| 1996 | 62 | #1,583 |
| 1995 | 62 | #1,522 |
| 1994 | 55 | #1,638 |
| 1993 | 65 | #1,439 |
| 1992 | 74 | #1,304 |
| 1991 | 50 | #1,646 |
| 1990 | 50 | #1,630 |
| 1989 | 51 | #1,562 |
| 1988 | 50 | #1,496 |
| 1987 | 60 | #1,257 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,564 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,451 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,863 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,598 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,794 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,780 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,571 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,478 |
| 1974 | 32 | #1,546 |
| 1973 | 40 | #1,312 |
| 1972 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,214 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,192 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,075 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,017 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,003 |
| 1966 | 54 | #991 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,081 |
| 1964 | 68 | #921 |
| 1963 | 63 | #946 |
| 1962 | 62 | #966 |
| 1961 | 79 | #858 |
| 1960 | 71 | #896 |
| 1959 | 79 | #853 |
| 1958 | 71 | #891 |
| 1957 | 87 | #802 |
| 1956 | 79 | #839 |
| 1955 | 105 | #712 |
| 1954 | 83 | #787 |
| 1953 | 95 | #734 |
| 1952 | 112 | #652 |
| 1951 | 108 | #671 |
| 1950 | 93 | #710 |
| 1949 | 120 | #620 |
| 1948 | 137 | #568 |
| 1947 | 148 | #553 |
| 1946 | 125 | #573 |
| 1945 | 115 | #558 |
| 1944 | 147 | #499 |
| 1943 | 189 | #459 |
| 1942 | 146 | #507 |
| 1941 | 169 | #453 |
| 1940 | 158 | #460 |
| 1939 | 156 | #461 |
| 1938 | 177 | #429 |
| 1937 | 181 | #421 |
| 1936 | 184 | #403 |
| 1935 | 194 | #393 |
| 1934 | 197 | #393 |
| 1933 | 207 | #377 |
| 1932 | 248 | #351 |
| 1931 | 264 | #334 |
| 1930 | 265 | #346 |
| 1929 | 270 | #340 |
| 1928 | 298 | #325 |
| 1927 | 337 | #313 |
| 1926 | 312 | #323 |
| 1925 | 356 | #302 |
| 1924 | 365 | #299 |
| 1923 | 351 | #300 |
| 1922 | 368 | #294 |
| 1921 | 425 | #271 |
| 1920 | 443 | #259 |
| 1919 | 333 | #296 |
| 1918 | 344 | #297 |
| 1917 | 342 | #279 |
| 1916 | 343 | #275 |
| 1915 | 352 | #256 |
| 1914 | 255 | #273 |
| 1913 | 197 | #277 |
| 1912 | 134 | #321 |
| 1911 | 78 | #300 |
| 1910 | 56 | #329 |
| 1909 | 45 | #348 |
| 1908 | 43 | #346 |
| 1907 | 40 | #341 |
| 1906 | 37 | #342 |
| 1905 | 37 | #329 |
| 1904 | 37 | #328 |
| 1903 | 36 | #312 |
| 1902 | 25 | #404 |
| 1901 | 22 | #399 |
| 1900 | 43 | #325 |
| 1899 | 15 | #502 |
| 1898 | 26 | #385 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 22 | #417 |
| 1895 | 27 | #358 |
| 1894 | 23 | #387 |
| 1893 | 28 | #330 |
| 1892 | 28 | #357 |
| 1891 | 19 | #397 |
| 1890 | 15 | #489 |
| 1889 | 14 | #498 |
| 1888 | 16 | #484 |
| 1887 | 15 | #438 |
| 1886 | 19 | #403 |
| 1885 | 16 | #462 |
| 1884 | 18 | #433 |
| 1883 | 15 | #460 |
| 1882 | 20 | #399 |
| 1881 | 11 | #533 |
| 1880 | 19 | #392 |
Nicknames for Wilmer
- Wil 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Wilmer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Walter, William, Warner, Henry, Charlie, Otto, Lewis, Wilson, Arthur, Fletcher, Archie, Louis
Other spellings of Wilmer
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie
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, “Wilmer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wilmer, updated 20 October 2026.