Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gilmer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,187
- 1,187 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 44 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 901 as a first name in 2020; 6,257 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gilmer’s family of names
Gilmer has a related form in Gilmar. Gilmer has a related form in Gilimyr. Gilmer has a related form in Gillmar.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Gilmarvariant
- Gilimyrvariant
- Gillmirvariant
- Gillmurvariant
- Gillmorvariant
- Gillmarvariant
- Gillmervariant
- Gilmyrvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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