Willim

Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270

Peak · boys
1934 · 12 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
257
since 1915

Willim over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Willim has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #2,121, 1934boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1988#7,2705
1987#3,95911
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1984#6,3155
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1978#5,7725
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1973#4,0547
1972#3,9637
1971
1970#4,7245
1969#3,9356
1968#2,73510
1967#3,5596
1966
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1964#3,6016
1963#3,6466
1962
1961#3,6526
1960#4,0385
1959#3,2907
1958#3,2757
1957
1956#3,5356
1955#3,8865
1954#3,8275
1953#3,7985
1952
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1950#3,0217
1949
1948#3,6685
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1944#2,8627
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1941#2,8727
1940#3,4595
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1937#2,9057
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1934#2,12112
1933#3,6425
1932
1931#3,3906
1930#3,2897
1929#3,2477
1928
1927#3,7806
1926#3,7086
1925#4,1975
1924
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1922#3,5327
1921#2,9869
1920#3,2088
1919#3,7366
1918#4,1795
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1915#3,8255
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Willim! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Willim
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1934 at #2,121 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1935, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 86,050
  • Highest: 1 in 86,050 boys born in 1934 were named Willim (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 382,857 boys born in 1988 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.7% of all boys named Willim (48) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s16#3,736 (1919)#3,913
1920s48#2,986 (1921)#3,523
1930s37#2,121 (1934)#3,069
1940s24#2,862 (1944)#3,215
1950s42#3,021 (1950)#3,519
1960s45#2,735 (1968)#3,595
1970s24#3,963 (1972)#4,628
1980s21#3,959 (1987)#5,848

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.

Willim in 1920

boys
#3,208
8 births · 1 in 133,045 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #3,208Willim8
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 133,045 of them was named Willim, which outranked 35.7% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Willim
  1. #2,967Yoshiyuki9
  2. #2,967Zannie9
  3. #2,967Zelmer9
  4. #3,208Willim8
  5. #3,208Ac8
  6. #3,208Achilles8
  7. #3,208Adelino8
  8. #3,489Abelino7
  9. #3,489Acey7
  10. #3,489Acil7

Tied with 280 names at #3,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920