Masculine dossier · first seen 1907

Gilmer

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gilmer
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1907Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

84.1%

2024

All-time

1,187

Gilmer has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 44 boys were named Gilmer.

In 2024, only 7 boys were given the name.

Down 84.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,187 Americans have been named Gilmer and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1907.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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