Wil

Where Wil comes from

The dictionaries list Wil as a given name — a male given name, variant of Will — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1953
    First appearance
    #3,798 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Peak, #2,090
    30 babies named Wil — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #5,675.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, variant of Will.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Wil hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.