Willaim

Last seen for boys in 2018 at #7,617

Peak · boys
1892 · 7 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,597
since 1882

Willaim over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Willaim has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #861, 1892boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018#7,61710
2017
2016
2015#12,0865
2014#10,7176
2013
2012
2011#10,8086
2010#12,2315
2009#8,3109
2008#11,0376
2007#9,7887
2006
2005#10,1516
2004#6,97610
2003
2002#6,52210
2001#8,3397
2000#5,92011
1999#6,5309
1998
1997#7,2817
1996#6,4968
1995#4,79112
1994#4,09415
1993#4,69712
1992#2,90923
1991#3,46217
1990#3,77915
1989#2,10633
1988#2,30526
1987#1,86434
1986#2,51021
1985#1,97529
1984#2,29222
1983#2,49319
1982#2,11125
1981#2,41820
1980#2,28422
1979#2,15723
1978#2,27920
1977#2,79115
1976#2,50817
1975#2,28819
1974#2,45916
1973#3,01311
1972#2,32316
1971#1,91622
1970#1,58229
1969#1,91419
1968#1,89418
1967#1,85318
1966#1,72320
1965#1,51326
1964#1,72921
1963#1,65923
1962#1,71322
1961#1,60225
1960#1,72822
1959#1,66523
1958#1,55725
1957#1,79120
1956#1,72221
1955#1,64622
1954#1,70620
1953#2,03815
1952
1951#1,83817
1950#2,43810
1949#2,33711
1948#2,6089
1947#2,6719
1946#1,75917
1945#2,00912
1944#2,08012
1943#2,07413
1942#1,86715
1941#1,58819
1940#1,89414
1939#1,57818
1938#2,6468
1937#2,6808
1936#2,30110
1935#2,12712
1934#2,26611
1933#2,5429
1932#1,99514
1931#1,92715
1930#1,88916
1929#1,67220
1928#1,61122
1927#1,74820
1926#1,98116
1925#1,74520
1924#2,04316
1923#1,46026
1922#3,0149
1921#1,76620
1920#2,76510
1919#1,97316
1918#1,99816
1917#1,90016
1916#1,77117
1915#2,07013
1914#2,9156
1913#2,4966
1912#2,2696
1911#1,7405
1910#1,5895
1909
1908
1907
1906#1,1116
1905
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1902
1901
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1898
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1893
1892#8617
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1883
1882#9435
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Willaim! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Willaim
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1892 at #861 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1882–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,434
  • Highest: 1 in 17,434 boys born in 1892 were named Willaim (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 181,616 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 15.7% of all boys named Willaim (251) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#943 (1882)#943
1890s7#861 (1892)#861
1900s6#1,111 (1906)#1,111
1910s106#1,589 (1910)#2,072
1920s179#1,460 (1923)#1,981
1930s121#1,578 (1939)#2,195
1940s131#1,588 (1941)#2,089
1950s173#1,557 (1958)#1,822
1960s214#1,513 (1965)#1,733
1970s188#1,582 (1970)#2,332
1980s251#1,864 (1987)#2,236
1990s118#2,909 (1992)#4,893
2000s66#5,920 (2000)#8,380
2010s32#7,617 (2018)#10,692

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.

Willaim in 1942

boys
#1,867
15 births · 1 in 92,077 boys

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #1,867Willaim15
More about 1942

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 92,077 of them was named Willaim, which outranked 53.8% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Willaim
  1. #1,799Washington16
  2. #1,799West16
  3. #1,799Williard16
  4. #1,867Willaim15
  5. #1,867Alvino15
  6. #1,867Antony15
  7. #1,867Ardis15
  8. #1,946Adron14
  9. #1,946Alf14
  10. #1,946Alferd14

Tied with 78 names at #1,867; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 2,993Macarthur#3,505#512
  2. 1,546Mcarthur#1,903#357
  3. 655Collin#1,588#933
  4. 514Delmas#1,254#740
  5. 390Colin#713#323
Fallers
  1. 525Otho#971#1,496
  2. 440Florian#918#1,358
  3. 421Martha#960#1,381
  4. 407Watson#951#1,358
  5. 371Gaylen#987#1,358

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1942