Williard
Last seen for girls in 1918 at #4,809 · Last seen for boys in 1982 at #6,385
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,081since 1884
Williard over time
Rank among boys' names. Williard has never cracked the top 600 here.
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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| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
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| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
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| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,195 | 11 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,405 | 10 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,799 | 16 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,458 | 21 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,770 | 17 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,443 | 25 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,228 | 34 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,748 | 20 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,661 | 21 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,745 | 20 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,287 | 32 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,385 | 28 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,396 | 28 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,475 | 26 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,323 | 30 | |
| 1919 | — | #973 | 48 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1917 | — | #1,152 | 34 | |
| 1916 | — | #972 | 43 | |
| 1915 | — | #767 | 61 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,073 | 28 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,205 | 18 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,059 | 19 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
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| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
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| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
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| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
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| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Williard! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Williard
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
- Biggest jump: 306 spots in 1915 (#1,073 → #767)
- Biggest drop: 448 spots in 1900 (#714 → #1,162)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1903 at #656 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1915–1916
- Highest: 1 in 9,936 boys born in 1903 were named Williard (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 362,889 boys born in 1982 (0.00%)
- 27.4% of all boys named Williard (296) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #971 (1884) | #971 |
| 1890s | 15 | #714 (1899) | #834 |
| 1900s | 52 | #656 (1903) | #1,006 |
| 1910s | 296 | #767 (1915) | #1,137 |
| 1920s | 264 | #1,228 (1928) | #1,469 |
| 1930s | 136 | #1,458 (1939) | #2,097 |
| 1940s | 112 | #1,685 (1941) | #2,300 |
| 1950s | 71 | #2,153 (1952) | #3,063 |
| 1960s | 80 | #2,270 (1965) | #3,161 |
| 1970s | 40 | #3,521 (1970) | #4,431 |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,262 (1981) | #6,324 |
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.
Williard in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 20,700 of them was named Williard, which outranked 78.6% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).