Gilmore — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gilmore

The Social Security Administration has registered 753 babies named Gilmore between 1902 and 1994, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gilmore currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gilmore performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 199 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Gilmore shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Gilmore in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gilmore in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 753 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.