Wilhelm
#4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,828since 1880
Wilhelm over time
Rank among boys' names. Wilhelm has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,050 | 26 |
| 2024 | #4,200 | 25 |
| 2023 | #5,255 | 18 |
| 2022 | #3,464 | 33 |
| 2021 | #4,118 | 25 |
| 2020 | #3,918 | 26 |
| 2019 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #3,708 | 29 |
| 2017 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #4,545 | 21 |
| 2014 | #2,985 | 38 |
| 2013 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | #4,131 | 24 |
| 2011 | #5,433 | 16 |
| 2010 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2009 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #4,375 | 22 |
| 2006 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #3,815 | 24 |
| 2004 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #3,528 | 25 |
| 2002 | #3,794 | 22 |
| 2001 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #1,699 | 26 |
| 1969 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #1,585 | 25 |
| 1962 | #1,852 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #1,858 | 19 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #2,052 | 16 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #1,362 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,096 | 35 |
| 1915 | #1,505 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wilhelm was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wilhelm
- 150 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #4,050)
- 132 spots since 2020 (#3,918 → #4,050)
- 495 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #4,050)
- Biggest jump: 83 spots in 1885 (#848 → #765)
- Biggest drop: 125 spots in 1895 (#954 → #1,079)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #765 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1882–1885
- Highest: 1 in 15,333 boys born in 1902 were named Wilhelm (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #765 in 1885, was only 1 in 15,400 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 12.7% of all boys named Wilhelm (233) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 41 | #765 (1885) | #850 |
| 1890s | 26 | #954 (1894) | #1,029 |
| 1900s | 37 | #862 (1902) | #1,146 |
| 1910s | 183 | #1,096 (1916) | #1,452 |
| 1920s | 122 | #1,980 (1921) | #2,514 |
| 1930s | 109 | #1,777 (1932) | #2,334 |
| 1940s | 67 | #1,802 (1940) | #2,727 |
| 1950s | 113 | #1,856 (1952) | #2,537 |
| 1960s | 167 | #1,585 (1963) | #2,034 |
| 1970s | 124 | #1,699 (1970) | #3,286 |
| 1980s | 123 | #2,341 (1982) | #3,781 |
| 1990s | 125 | #3,986 (1999) | #4,758 |
| 2000s | 205 | #3,528 (2003) | #4,331 |
| 2010s | 233 | #2,985 (2014) | #4,470 |
| 2020s | 153 | #3,464 (2022) | #4,168 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Wilhelm in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 40,408 of them was named Wilhelm, which outranked 65.7% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,454Walden22
- #1,454Westley22
- #1,454Winifred22
- #1,505Wilhelm21
- #1,505Alpheus21
- #1,505Audie21
- #1,505Author21
- #1,553Afton20
- #1,553Albino20
- #1,553Arlis20
Tied with 47 names at #1,505; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.