# Gilmore (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gilmore/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “servant lad”, “mary mother of jesus” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Gilmer, Gillmor, Gillmore, Gilmour |
| US babies named this | 753 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 753 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic gille (“servant lad”) + Moire (“Mary mother of Jesus”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 6 | 3,500 |
| 1952 | 7 | 3,203 |
| 1953 | 7 | 3,237 |
| 1954 | 9 | 2,820 |
| 1955 | 14 | 2,172 |
| 1957 | 6 | 3,718 |
| 1958 | 9 | 2,904 |
| 1959 | 8 | 3,118 |
| 1960 | 5 | 4,260 |
| 1961 | 7 | 3,478 |
| 1963 | 8 | 3,153 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,185 |
| 1973 | 6 | 4,715 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,664 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,318 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 吉爾摩 /吉尔摩

## People named Gilmore

- William Gilmore Simms, American writer (1806–1870)
- Gilmore David Clarke, American architect (1892-1982)
- Gilmore Junio, Canadian speed skater

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.