Willmer — boys' name
309 babies named Willmer in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Willmer was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Willmer in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Willmer
The Social Security Administration has registered 309 babies named Willmer between 1913 and 2005, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Willmer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Willmer performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Willmer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Willmer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Willmer 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 309 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.
Willmer at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Willmer popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1913
- Peak year (1923)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 93 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
309 total births across 93 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 21 births in a single year.
Willmer popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1922 (Willmer as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Willmer accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Willmer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 130 births that decade — 42% of Willmer's all-time total
Willmer decade highlights
- Peak decade 130 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Willmer's strongest decade
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Willmer by state
Where Willmer concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 309 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.