# Wilmer (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wilmer/  
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 | “mind”, “will”, “determination”, “purpose”, “desire”, “wish”, “famous” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,722 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15,979 / 743 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”) + mǣre (“famous”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz, from *wiljô + *mērijaz.

## What it means

Wilmer is grouped under famous.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 11 | 2,733 |
| 1941 | 12 | 2,666 |
| 1942 | 12 | 2,815 |
| 1943 | 12 | 2,860 |
| 1944 | 11 | 2,942 |
| 1945 | 8 | 3,673 |
| 1946 | 10 | 3,426 |
| 1947 | 8 | 4,336 |
| 1948 | 10 | 3,592 |
| 1949 | 8 | 4,230 |
| 1950 | 10 | 3,660 |
| 1951 | 7 | 4,823 |
| 1956 | 5 | 6,881 |
| 1957 | 5 | 6,992 |
| 1959 | 6 | 6,235 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 108 | 1,502 |
| 2012 | 94 | 1,656 |
| 2013 | 88 | 1,693 |
| 2014 | 99 | 1,596 |
| 2015 | 103 | 1,579 |
| 2016 | 108 | 1,547 |
| 2017 | 82 | 1,826 |
| 2018 | 96 | 1,670 |
| 2019 | 95 | 1,688 |
| 2020 | 76 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 106 | 1,613 |
| 2022 | 109 | 1,610 |
| 2023 | 115 | 1,537 |
| 2024 | 88 | 1,854 |
| 2025 | 94 | 1,742 |

## People named Wilmer

- Wilmer Valderrama, American-Venezuelan actor
- Wilmer Cabrera, Colombian footballer and manager
- Wilmer López, Costa Rican footballer
- Wilmer McLean, American businessman, involved in the American Civil War (1814-1882)

## 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.