Wille
Last seen for girls in 1929 at #4,570 · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #6,056
Given to boys 89.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1907 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 366since 1907
Wille over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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
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| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
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| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
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| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
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| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
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| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,403 | 10 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
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| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
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| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
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| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
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| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
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| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Wille! It came in at #1,200, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wille
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1979
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1907 at #1,200 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,471 boys born in 1907 were named Wille (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,307 boys born in 1979 (0.00%)
- 23.5% of all boys named Wille (86) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1924, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,239 |
| 1910s | 50 | #1,589 (1910) | #3,027 |
| 1920s | 86 | #1,848 (1929) | #3,221 |
| 1930s | 35 | #2,646 (1938) | #3,105 |
| 1940s | 75 | #2,123 (1949) | #2,771 |
| 1950s | 56 | #2,316 (1954) | #2,760 |
| 1960s | 42 | #2,504 (1962) | #3,742 |
| 1970s | 10 | #4,724 (1970) | #5,390 |
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.
Wille in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 223,312 of them was named Wille, which outranked 13.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 707 names at #4,570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 63,271 of them was named Wille, which outranked 59.3% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,793Solon18
- #1,793Takeo18
- #1,793Wilferd18
- #1,848Wille17
- #1,848Apolinar17
- #1,848Armon17
- #1,848Audley17
- #1,933Aloys16
- #1,933Anne16
- #1,933Ardis16
Tied with 84 names at #1,848; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.