Will
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #9,750 · #1,193 for boys in 2025, 170 births
Given to boys 98.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 666 births
- Debut · boys
- 588 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 30 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 45,952since 1880
Will over time
Rank among boys' names. 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,193 | 170 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,286 | 153 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,137 | 185 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,156 | 178 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,067 | 200 | |
| 2020 | — | #935 | 235 | |
| 2019 | — | #981 | 217 | |
| 2018 | — | #894 | 242 | |
| 2017 | — | #899 | 239 | |
| 2016 | — | #823 | 277 | |
| 2015 | — | #831 | 270 | |
| 2014 | — | #754 | 313 | |
| 2013 | — | #740 | 315 | |
| 2012 | — | #671 | 352 | |
| 2011 | — | #662 | 357 | |
| 2010 | — | #622 | 396 | |
| 2009 | — | #577 | 457 | |
| 2008 | — | #585 | 432 | |
| 2007 | — | #563 | 457 | |
| 2006 | — | #533 | 473 | |
| 2005 | — | #492 | 503 | |
| 2004 | — | #528 | 452 | |
| 2003 | — | #535 | 433 | |
| 2002 | — | #549 | 403 | |
| 2001 | — | #550 | 389 | |
| 2000 | — | #510 | 447 | |
| 1999 | — | #505 | 422 | |
| 1998 | — | #578 | 339 | |
| 1997 | — | #632 | 268 | |
| 1996 | — | #620 | 280 | |
| 1995 | — | #635 | 266 | |
| 1994 | — | #659 | 248 | |
| 1993 | — | #628 | 268 | |
| 1992 | — | #651 | 252 | |
| 1991 | — | #593 | 295 | |
| 1990 | — | #590 | 289 | |
| 1989 | — | #589 | 277 | |
| 1988 | — | #605 | 241 | |
| 1987 | — | #593 | 233 | |
| 1986 | — | #625 | 204 | |
| 1985 | — | #615 | 201 | |
| 1984 | — | #592 | 204 | |
| 1983 | — | #564 | 223 | |
| 1982 | — | #527 | 262 | |
| 1981 | — | #560 | 233 | |
| 1980 | — | #516 | 271 | |
| 1979 | — | #505 | 273 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #544 | 232 |
| 1977 | — | #556 | 226 | |
| 1976 | — | #538 | 224 | |
| 1975 | — | #535 | 224 | |
| 1974 | — | #533 | 224 | |
| 1973 | — | #542 | 207 | |
| 1972 | — | #585 | 185 | |
| 1971 | — | #564 | 207 | |
| 1970 | — | #532 | 230 | |
| 1969 | — | #566 | 192 | |
| 1968 | — | #520 | 213 | |
| 1967 | — | #585 | 167 | |
| 1966 | — | #531 | 205 | |
| 1965 | — | #547 | 196 | |
| 1964 | — | #511 | 235 | |
| 1963 | — | #515 | 242 | |
| 1962 | — | #557 | 200 | |
| 1961 | — | #529 | 225 | |
| 1960 | — | #527 | 225 | |
| 1959 | — | #545 | 207 | |
| 1958 | — | #572 | 183 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #524 | 217 |
| 1956 | — | #547 | 192 | |
| 1955 | — | #583 | 158 | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #503 | 207 |
| 1953 | — | #486 | 209 | |
| 1952 | — | #484 | 211 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #490 | 191 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #445 | 224 |
| 1949 | — | #449 | 220 | |
| 1948 | — | #434 | 238 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #466 | 209 |
| 1946 | — | #442 | 207 | |
| 1945 | — | #431 | 191 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #396 | 235 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #439 | 205 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #413 | 221 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #382 | 226 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #396 | 209 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #377 | 226 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #371 | 231 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #355 | 230 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #353 | 233 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #311 | 305 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #370 | 215 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #362 | 224 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #357 | 242 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #364 | 237 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | #354 | 259 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #333 | 277 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | #312 | 323 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #330 | 300 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 | #310 | 333 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | #299 | 367 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #304 | 354 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | #291 | 370 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | #301 | 358 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 | #291 | 373 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | #294 | 368 |
| 1919 | #1,698 | 23 | #273 | 373 |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 | #279 | 363 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 | #281 | 339 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #262 | 362 |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 | #249 | 362 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | #238 | 319 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #222 | 280 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #213 | 256 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #146 | 230 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | #113 | 278 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #99 | 267 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 | #96 | 274 |
| 1907 | — | #96 | 260 | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | #92 | 253 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #85 | 286 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #81 | 287 |
| 1903 | — | #74 | 293 | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | #64 | 359 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | #53 | 364 |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | #43 | 603 |
| 1899 | — | #48 | 414 | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | #48 | 475 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | #44 | 491 |
| 1896 | — | #44 | 508 | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | #44 | 485 |
| 1894 | — | #39 | 559 | |
| 1893 | — | #37 | 538 | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | #34 | 607 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #34 | 520 |
| 1890 | — | #30 | 613 | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | #30 | 631 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | #28 | 707 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | #30 | 561 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | #27 | 642 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | #27 | 625 |
| 1884 | — | #28 | 650 | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | #29 | 576 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | #25 | 666 |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 | #26 | 550 |
| 1880 | — | #27 | 588 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Will was already there! It came in at #27, and was given to 588 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2021–2025, when fewer than 210 boys a year got the name.
Where Will is popular in 1895
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Will
- 93 spots since 2024 (#1,286 → #1,193)
- 258 spots since 2020 (#935 → #1,193)
- 362 spots since 2015 (#831 → #1,193)
- Biggest jump: 73 spots in 1999 (#578 → #505)
- Biggest drop: 132 spots in 2021 (#935 → #1,067)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #25 (666 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1880–1909
- Top 1,000: 141 yrs · run 1880–2020
- Highest: 1 in 171 boys born in 1882 were named Will (0.59%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,048 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 13.5% of all boys named Will (6,196) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6,196 | #25 (1882) | #28 |
| 1890s | 5,210 | #30 (1890) | #40 |
| 1900s | 3,246 | #43 (1900) | #78 |
| 1910s | 3,162 | #113 (1910) | #228 |
| 1920s | 3,423 | #291 (1921) | #307 |
| 1930s | 2,402 | #311 (1935) | #357 |
| 1940s | 2,161 | #382 (1941) | #425 |
| 1950s | 1,999 | #445 (1950) | #518 |
| 1960s | 2,100 | #511 (1964) | #539 |
| 1970s | 2,232 | #505 (1979) | #543 |
| 1980s | 2,349 | #516 (1980) | #579 |
| 1990s | 2,927 | #505 (1999) | #609 |
| 2000s | 4,446 | #492 (2005) | #542 |
| 2010s | 2,978 | #622 (2010) | #788 |
| 2020s | 1,121 | #935 (2020) | #1,129 |
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.
Will in 1895
Top girls' names in 1895
Top boys' names in 1895
More about 1895
girls
233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 38,938 of them was named Will, which outranked 21.1% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,299Veta7
- #1,299Vlasta7
- #1,299Zelpha7
- #1,426Will6
- #1,426Adelene6
- #1,426Adrienne6
- #1,426Afton6
- #1,592Adalia5
- #1,592Adine5
- #1,592Adna5
Tied with 165 names at #1,426; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
117,393 boys got a published name in 1895; 1 in 242 of them was named Will, which outranked 96.5% of the 1,241 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.