Willaim
Last seen for boys in 2018 at #7,617
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,597since 1882
Willaim over time
Rank among boys' names. Willaim has never cracked the top 800 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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #2,106 | 33 |
| 1988 | #2,305 | 26 |
| 1987 | #1,864 | 34 |
| 1986 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #1,975 | 29 |
| 1984 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #2,111 | 25 |
| 1981 | #2,418 | 20 |
| 1980 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | #1,582 | 29 |
| 1969 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #1,853 | 18 |
| 1966 | #1,723 | 20 |
| 1965 | #1,513 | 26 |
| 1964 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | #1,659 | 23 |
| 1962 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1961 | #1,602 | 25 |
| 1960 | #1,728 | 22 |
| 1959 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #1,557 | 25 |
| 1957 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1956 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #1,646 | 22 |
| 1954 | #1,706 | 20 |
| 1953 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1928 | #1,611 | 22 |
| 1927 | #1,748 | 20 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #1,745 | 20 |
| 1924 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,460 | 26 |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1892 at #861 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1882–1892
- 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%)
- 15.7% of all boys named Willaim (251) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #943 (1882) | #943 |
| 1890s | 7 | #861 (1892) | #861 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,111 (1906) | #1,111 |
| 1910s | 106 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,072 |
| 1920s | 179 | #1,460 (1923) | #1,981 |
| 1930s | 121 | #1,578 (1939) | #2,195 |
| 1940s | 131 | #1,588 (1941) | #2,089 |
| 1950s | 173 | #1,557 (1958) | #1,822 |
| 1960s | 214 | #1,513 (1965) | #1,733 |
| 1970s | 188 | #1,582 (1970) | #2,332 |
| 1980s | 251 | #1,864 (1987) | #2,236 |
| 1990s | 118 | #2,909 (1992) | #4,893 |
| 2000s | 66 | #5,920 (2000) | #8,380 |
| 2010s | 32 | #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 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
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2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 100,729 of them was named Willaim, which outranked 61.3% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,676Verl22
- #1,676Wanda22
- #1,676Wane22
- #1,722Willaim21
- #1,722Allison21
- #1,722Alvah21
- #1,722Arlo21
- #1,765Benigno20
- #1,765Camilo20
- #1,765Catarino20
Tied with 42 names at #1,722; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.