Will
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #9,750 · #1,193 for boys in 2025, 170 births
Given to boys 98.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 666 births
- Debut · boys
- 588 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 30 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 45,952since 1880
Will over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,193 | 170 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,286 | 153 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,137 | 185 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,156 | 178 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,067 | 200 | |
| 2020 | — | #935 | 235 | |
| 2019 | — | #981 | 217 | |
| 2018 | — | #894 | 242 | |
| 2017 | — | #899 | 239 | |
| 2016 | — | #823 | 277 | |
| 2015 | — | #831 | 270 | |
| 2014 | — | #754 | 313 | |
| 2013 | — | #740 | 315 | |
| 2012 | — | #671 | 352 | |
| 2011 | — | #662 | 357 | |
| 2010 | — | #622 | 396 | |
| 2009 | — | #577 | 457 | |
| 2008 | — | #585 | 432 | |
| 2007 | — | #563 | 457 | |
| 2006 | — | #533 | 473 | |
| 2005 | — | #492 | 503 | |
| 2004 | — | #528 | 452 | |
| 2003 | — | #535 | 433 | |
| 2002 | — | #549 | 403 | |
| 2001 | — | #550 | 389 | |
| 2000 | — | #510 | 447 | |
| 1999 | — | #505 | 422 | |
| 1998 | — | #578 | 339 | |
| 1997 | — | #632 | 268 | |
| 1996 | — | #620 | 280 | |
| 1995 | — | #635 | 266 | |
| 1994 | — | #659 | 248 | |
| 1993 | — | #628 | 268 | |
| 1992 | — | #651 | 252 | |
| 1991 | — | #593 | 295 | |
| 1990 | — | #590 | 289 | |
| 1989 | — | #589 | 277 | |
| 1988 | — | #605 | 241 | |
| 1987 | — | #593 | 233 | |
| 1986 | — | #625 | 204 | |
| 1985 | — | #615 | 201 | |
| 1984 | — | #592 | 204 | |
| 1983 | — | #564 | 223 | |
| 1982 | — | #527 | 262 | |
| 1981 | — | #560 | 233 | |
| 1980 | — | #516 | 271 | |
| 1979 | — | #505 | 273 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #544 | 232 |
| 1977 | — | #556 | 226 | |
| 1976 | — | #538 | 224 | |
| 1975 | — | #535 | 224 | |
| 1974 | — | #533 | 224 | |
| 1973 | — | #542 | 207 | |
| 1972 | — | #585 | 185 | |
| 1971 | — | #564 | 207 | |
| 1970 | — | #532 | 230 | |
| 1969 | — | #566 | 192 | |
| 1968 | — | #520 | 213 | |
| 1967 | — | #585 | 167 | |
| 1966 | — | #531 | 205 | |
| 1965 | — | #547 | 196 | |
| 1964 | — | #511 | 235 | |
| 1963 | — | #515 | 242 | |
| 1962 | — | #557 | 200 | |
| 1961 | — | #529 | 225 | |
| 1960 | — | #527 | 225 | |
| 1959 | — | #545 | 207 | |
| 1958 | — | #572 | 183 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #524 | 217 |
| 1956 | — | #547 | 192 | |
| 1955 | — | #583 | 158 | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #503 | 207 |
| 1953 | — | #486 | 209 | |
| 1952 | — | #484 | 211 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #490 | 191 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #445 | 224 |
| 1949 | — | #449 | 220 | |
| 1948 | — | #434 | 238 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #466 | 209 |
| 1946 | — | #442 | 207 | |
| 1945 | — | #431 | 191 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #396 | 235 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #439 | 205 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #413 | 221 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #382 | 226 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #396 | 209 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #377 | 226 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #371 | 231 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #355 | 230 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #353 | 233 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #311 | 305 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #370 | 215 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #362 | 224 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #357 | 242 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #364 | 237 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | #354 | 259 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #333 | 277 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | #312 | 323 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #330 | 300 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 | #310 | 333 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | #299 | 367 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #304 | 354 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | #291 | 370 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | #301 | 358 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | #291 | 373 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | #294 | 368 |
| 1919 | #1,698 | 23 | #273 | 373 |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 | #279 | 363 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 | #281 | 339 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #262 | 362 |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 | #249 | 362 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | #238 | 319 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #222 | 280 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #213 | 256 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #146 | 230 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | #113 | 278 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #99 | 267 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 | #96 | 274 |
| 1907 | — | #96 | 260 | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | #92 | 253 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #85 | 286 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #81 | 287 |
| 1903 | — | #74 | 293 | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | #64 | 359 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | #53 | 364 |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | #43 | 603 |
| 1899 | — | #48 | 414 | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | #48 | 475 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | #44 | 491 |
| 1896 | — | #44 | 508 | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | #44 | 485 |
| 1894 | — | #39 | 559 | |
| 1893 | — | #37 | 538 | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | #34 | 607 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #34 | 520 |
| 1890 | — | #30 | 613 | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | #30 | 631 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | #28 | 707 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | #30 | 561 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | #27 | 642 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | #27 | 625 |
| 1884 | — | #28 | 650 | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | #29 | 576 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | #25 | 666 |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 | #26 | 550 |
| 1880 | — | #27 | 588 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Will was already there! It came in at #27, and was given to 588 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2021–2025, when fewer than 210 boys a year got the name.
See more about Will
- 93 spots since 2024 (#1,286 → #1,193)
- 258 spots since 2020 (#935 → #1,193)
- 362 spots since 2015 (#831 → #1,193)
- Biggest jump: 73 spots in 1999 (#578 → #505)
- Biggest drop: 132 spots in 2021 (#935 → #1,067)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #25 (666 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1880–1909
- Top 1,000: 141 yrs · run 1880–2020
- Highest: 1 in 171 boys born in 1882 were named Will (0.59%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,048 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 13.5% of all boys named Will (6,196) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6,196 | #25 (1882) | #28 |
| 1890s | 5,210 | #30 (1890) | #40 |
| 1900s | 3,246 | #43 (1900) | #78 |
| 1910s | 3,162 | #113 (1910) | #228 |
| 1920s | 3,423 | #291 (1921) | #307 |
| 1930s | 2,402 | #311 (1935) | #357 |
| 1940s | 2,161 | #382 (1941) | #425 |
| 1950s | 1,999 | #445 (1950) | #518 |
| 1960s | 2,100 | #511 (1964) | #539 |
| 1970s | 2,232 | #505 (1979) | #543 |
| 1980s | 2,349 | #516 (1980) | #579 |
| 1990s | 2,927 | #505 (1999) | #609 |
| 2000s | 4,446 | #492 (2005) | #542 |
| 2010s | 2,978 | #622 (2010) | #788 |
| 2020s | 1,121 | #935 (2020) | #1,129 |
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.
Will in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 96,793 of them was named Will, which outranked 48.2% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,427Wenona12
- #2,427Wylodean12
- #2,427Yuriko12
- #2,581Will11
- #2,581Adel11
- #2,581Aloma11
- #2,581Alton11
- #2,750Adda10
- #2,750Aldean10
- #2,750Aldora10
Tied with 168 names at #2,581; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 4,387 of them was named Will, which outranked 91.6% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).