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 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 136,457 of them was named Wille, which outranked 49.5% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,022Waylon14
- #2,022Wilfrid14
- #2,022Young14
- #2,123Wille13
- #2,123Alice13
- #2,123Alois13
- #2,123Alwin13
- #2,225Abdul12
- #2,225Alben12
- #2,225Alwyn12
Tied with 101 names at #2,123; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.