Willam
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,516since 1880
Willam over time
Rank among boys' names. Willam has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #2,518 | 19 |
| 1981 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,020 | 20 |
| 1971 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #1,570 | 27 |
| 1968 | #1,788 | 20 |
| 1967 | #1,411 | 29 |
| 1966 | #1,116 | 44 |
| 1965 | #1,360 | 32 |
| 1964 | #1,219 | 40 |
| 1963 | #1,037 | 53 |
| 1962 | #1,147 | 45 |
| 1961 | #933 | 67 |
| 1960 | #951 | 63 |
| 1959 | #875 | 76 |
| 1958 | #969 | 61 |
| 1957 | #971 | 61 |
| 1956 | #946 | 62 |
| 1955 | #1,054 | 51 |
| 1954 | #1,029 | 53 |
| 1953 | #939 | 58 |
| 1952 | #1,182 | 39 |
| 1951 | #1,005 | 49 |
| 1950 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1949 | #1,029 | 46 |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 37 |
| 1947 | #1,081 | 45 |
| 1946 | #1,003 | 46 |
| 1945 | #753 | 66 |
| 1944 | #824 | 58 |
| 1943 | #885 | 57 |
| 1942 | #910 | 53 |
| 1941 | #828 | 59 |
| 1940 | #881 | 51 |
| 1939 | #829 | 54 |
| 1938 | #1,030 | 39 |
| 1937 | #922 | 46 |
| 1936 | #832 | 53 |
| 1935 | #940 | 45 |
| 1934 | #1,007 | 41 |
| 1933 | #843 | 54 |
| 1932 | #829 | 59 |
| 1931 | #816 | 59 |
| 1930 | #841 | 60 |
| 1929 | #788 | 67 |
| 1928 | #862 | 59 |
| 1927 | #872 | 60 |
| 1926 | #955 | 51 |
| 1925 | #890 | 57 |
| 1924 | #865 | 63 |
| 1923 | #961 | 51 |
| 1922 | #891 | 60 |
| 1921 | #1,002 | 49 |
| 1920 | #1,073 | 43 |
| 1919 | #1,207 | 34 |
| 1918 | #1,094 | 39 |
| 1917 | #1,092 | 37 |
| 1916 | #1,176 | 31 |
| 1915 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1914 | #1,073 | 28 |
| 1913 | #1,173 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,223 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #798 | 10 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #701 | 10 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #722 | 10 |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #509 | 14 |
| 1892 | #572 | 13 |
| 1891 | #564 | 11 |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #673 | 9 |
| 1888 | #609 | 11 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #512 | 13 |
| 1885 | #641 | 9 |
| 1884 | #570 | 11 |
| 1883 | #644 | 9 |
| 1882 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #563 | 10 |
| 1880 | #505 | 13 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Willam was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Willam is popular in 1932
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#395 · 1 in 5,113
- Kentucky#454 · 1 in 5,243
- Georgia#464 · 1 in 5,839
- North Carolina#506 · 1 in 6,800
- Texas#752 · 1 in 9,364
Best ever in a state: #314 in Tennessee, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #395 | 5 | 1 in 5,113 |
| Kentucky | #454 | 5 | 1 in 5,243 |
| Georgia | #464 | 5 | 1 in 5,839 |
| North Carolina | #506 | 5 | 1 in 6,800 |
| Texas | #752 | 6 | 1 in 9,364 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Willam
- 1,070 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #12,008)
- 78 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 320 spots in 1891 (#884 → #564)
- Biggest drop: 250 spots in 1946 (#753 → #1,003)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #505 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1880–1893
- Highest: 1 in 8,023 boys born in 1893 were named Willam (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #505 in 1880, was only 1 in 8,499 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.9% of all boys named Willam (560) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 101 | #505 (1880) | #609 |
| 1890s | 78 | #509 (1893) | #710 |
| 1900s | 62 | #779 (1908) | #894 |
| 1910s | 256 | #1,038 (1911) | #1,126 |
| 1920s | 560 | #788 (1929) | #916 |
| 1930s | 510 | #816 (1931) | #889 |
| 1940s | 518 | #753 (1945) | #937 |
| 1950s | 549 | #875 (1959) | #1,011 |
| 1960s | 420 | #933 (1961) | #1,253 |
| 1970s | 181 | #1,794 (1970) | #2,415 |
| 1980s | 144 | #2,437 (1984) | #3,316 |
| 1990s | 12 | #7,281 (1997) | #8,075 |
| 2000s | 61 | #5,725 (2002) | #8,094 |
| 2010s | 42 | #7,537 (2013) | #9,886 |
| 2020s | 22 | #10,863 (2022) | #11,489 |
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.
Willam in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 17,698 of them was named Willam, which outranked 80.6% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).