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 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 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 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 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 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Williard, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 31,671 of them was named Williard, which outranked 74.4% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,211Titus33
- #1,211Willian33
- #1,211Wyman33
- #1,231Williard32
- #1,231Alf32
- #1,231Ardell32
- #1,231Bayard32
- #1,256Akira31
- #1,256Anna31
- #1,256Ansel31
Tied with 24 names at #1,231; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.