Willaim

Last seen for boys in 2018 at #7,617

Peak · boys
1892 · 7 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,597
since 1882

Willaim over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Willaim has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #861, 1892boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
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2023—
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019—
2018#7,61710
2017—
2016—
2015#12,0865
2014#10,7176
2013—
2012—
2011#10,8086
2010#12,2315
2009#8,3109
2008#11,0376
2007#9,7887
2006—
2005#10,1516
2004#6,97610
2003—
2002#6,52210
2001#8,3397
2000#5,92011
1999#6,5309
1998—
1997#7,2817
1996#6,4968
1995#4,79112
1994#4,09415
1993#4,69712
1992#2,90923
1991#3,46217
1990#3,77915
1989#2,10633
1988#2,30526
1987#1,86434
1986#2,51021
1985#1,97529
1984#2,29222
1983#2,49319
1982#2,11125
1981#2,41820
1980#2,28422
1979#2,15723
1978#2,27920
1977#2,79115
1976#2,50817
1975#2,28819
1974#2,45916
1973#3,01311
1972#2,32316
1971#1,91622
1970#1,58229
1969#1,91419
1968#1,89418
1967#1,85318
1966#1,72320
1965#1,51326
1964#1,72921
1963#1,65923
1962#1,71322
1961#1,60225
1960#1,72822
1959#1,66523
1958#1,55725
1957#1,79120
1956#1,72221
1955#1,64622
1954#1,70620
1953#2,03815
1952—
1951#1,83817
1950#2,43810
1949#2,33711
1948#2,6089
1947#2,6719
1946#1,75917
1945#2,00912
1944#2,08012
1943#2,07413
1942#1,86715
1941#1,58819
1940#1,89414
1939#1,57818
1938#2,6468
1937#2,6808
1936#2,30110
1935#2,12712
1934#2,26611
1933#2,5429
1932#1,99514
1931#1,92715
1930#1,88916
1929#1,67220
1928#1,61122
1927#1,74820
1926#1,98116
1925#1,74520
1924#2,04316
1923#1,46026
1922#3,0149
1921#1,76620
1920#2,76510
1919#1,97316
1918#1,99816
1917#1,90016
1916#1,77117
1915#2,07013
1914#2,9156
1913#2,4966
1912#2,2696
1911#1,7405
1910#1,5895
1909—
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1907—
1906#1,1116
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1893—
1892#8617
1891—
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1883—
1882#9435
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Willaim! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Willaim is popular in 1954

No state had 5 or more boys named Willaim in 1954, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Willaim
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1892 at #861 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1882–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,434
  • Highest: 1 in 17,434 boys born in 1892 were named Willaim (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 181,616 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 15.7% of all boys named Willaim (251) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#943 (1882)#943
1890s7#861 (1892)#861
1900s6#1,111 (1906)#1,111
1910s106#1,589 (1910)#2,072
1920s179#1,460 (1923)#1,981
1930s121#1,578 (1939)#2,195
1940s131#1,588 (1941)#2,089
1950s173#1,557 (1958)#1,822
1960s214#1,513 (1965)#1,733
1970s188#1,582 (1970)#2,332
1980s251#1,864 (1987)#2,236
1990s118#2,909 (1992)#4,893
2000s66#5,920 (2000)#8,380
2010s32#7,617 (2018)#10,692

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.

Willaim in 1954

boys
#1,706
20 births · 1 in 101,938 boys

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #1,706Willaim20
More about 1954

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 101,938 of them was named Willaim, which outranked 60.9% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Willaim
  1. #1,668Tito21
  2. #1,668Wilburt21
  3. #1,668Winthrop21
  4. #1,706Willaim20
  5. #1,706Acie20
  6. #1,706Albin20
  7. #1,706Ali20
  8. #1,762Abner19
  9. #1,762Ace19
  10. #1,762Alfonse19

Tied with 55 names at #1,706; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →