Willian
Last seen for girls in 1974 at #8,775 · #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,074since 1880
Willian over time
Rank among boys' names. Willian has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | — | #4,857 | 20 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,659 | 16 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,886 | 20 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,445 | 17 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,338 | 17 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,153 | 18 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,891 | 27 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,470 | 22 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,866 | 19 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,180 | 23 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,251 | 23 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,000 | 38 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,128 | 36 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,551 | 30 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,044 | 25 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,375 | 22 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,686 | 27 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,241 | 31 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,264 | 20 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,528 | 25 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,909 | 21 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,849 | 18 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,325 | 18 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,309 | 18 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,809 | 14 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,290 | 24 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,071 | 27 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,232 | 23 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,996 | 27 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,765 | 32 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,379 | 20 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,205 | 21 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,008 | 24 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,597 | 30 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,314 | 40 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,136 | 47 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,165 | 42 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,259 | 36 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,483 | 27 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,070 | 50 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,100 | 48 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,046 | 53 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,279 | 38 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,273 | 38 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,280 | 37 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,222 | 40 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,165 | 44 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,019 | 54 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,167 | 41 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,213 | 38 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,111 | 43 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,171 | 38 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,074 | 43 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,297 | 31 | |
| 1948 | — | #989 | 50 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,136 | 41 | |
| 1946 | — | #967 | 48 | |
| 1945 | — | #743 | 68 | |
| 1944 | — | #824 | 58 | |
| 1943 | — | #751 | 74 | |
| 1942 | — | #851 | 59 | |
| 1941 | — | #762 | 66 | |
| 1940 | — | #802 | 60 | |
| 1939 | — | #776 | 61 | |
| 1938 | — | #883 | 50 | |
| 1937 | — | #942 | 44 | |
| 1936 | — | #861 | 50 | |
| 1935 | — | #858 | 53 | |
| 1934 | — | #836 | 56 | |
| 1933 | — | #905 | 47 | |
| 1932 | — | #937 | 48 | |
| 1931 | — | #684 | 77 | |
| 1930 | — | #738 | 74 | |
| 1929 | — | #668 | 84 | |
| 1928 | — | #835 | 62 | |
| 1927 | — | #840 | 64 | |
| 1926 | — | #716 | 79 | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #858 | 60 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #916 | 58 |
| 1923 | — | #961 | 51 | |
| 1922 | — | #991 | 51 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,058 | 44 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,045 | 44 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,264 | 31 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,211 | 33 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,437 | 24 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,176 | 31 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,217 | 29 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,441 | 18 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Willian was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Willian
- 802 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #4,857)
- 1,439 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #4,857)
- 312 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #4,857)
- Biggest jump: 358 spots in 1886 (#936 → #578)
- Biggest drop: 397 spots in 1891 (#566 → #963)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #566 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1922–1946
- Highest: 1 in 9,252 boys born in 1890 were named Willian (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.7% of all boys named Willian (597) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 81 | #578 (1886) | #707 |
| 1890s | 46 | #566 (1890) | #910 |
| 1900s | 29 | #999 (1907) | #1,147 |
| 1910s | 194 | #1,176 (1916) | #1,384 |
| 1920s | 597 | #668 (1929) | #889 |
| 1930s | 560 | #684 (1931) | #842 |
| 1940s | 555 | #743 (1945) | #912 |
| 1950s | 415 | #1,019 (1956) | #1,165 |
| 1960s | 416 | #1,046 (1962) | #1,204 |
| 1970s | 240 | #1,314 (1970) | #2,005 |
| 1980s | 225 | #1,765 (1980) | #2,501 |
| 1990s | 138 | #3,309 (1990) | #4,508 |
| 2000s | 232 | #3,241 (2005) | #4,011 |
| 2010s | 243 | #3,000 (2011) | #4,301 |
| 2020s | 103 | #4,857 (2025) | #5,414 |
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.
Willian in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 249,774 of them was named Willian, which outranked 14.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 839 names at #5,061; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 19,530 of them was named Willian, which outranked 81.6% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).