Gilmer
Gilmer is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 957th, in 1907.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191844 births
- Best rank
- #957in 1907
- Since 1907
- 1,187people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,187 boys have been named Gilmer in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 44 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1932, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gilmer | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 15 | |
| 1910s | 229 | |
| 1920s | 291 | |
| 1930s | 195 | |
| 1940s | 187 | |
| 1950s | 117 | |
| 1960s | 43 | |
| 1970s | 11 | |
| 1980s | 5 | |
| 2000s | 21 | |
| 2010s | 43 | |
| 2020s | 30 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Gilmer was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1918 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Gilmer
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dewardpeak 1924
- Haskelpeak 1924
- Alfonsepeak 1917
- Gasperpeak 1917
- Natalepeak 1915
- Burdettepeak 1922
- Verlpeak 1918
- Merwinpeak 1928
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.