Willian
Last seen for girls in 1974 at #8,775 · #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,074since 1880
Willian over time
Rank among boys' names. Willian 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 | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,857 | 20 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,659 | 16 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,886 | 20 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,445 | 17 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,338 | 17 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,153 | 18 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,891 | 27 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,470 | 22 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,866 | 19 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,180 | 23 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,251 | 23 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,000 | 38 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,128 | 36 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,551 | 30 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,044 | 25 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,375 | 22 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,686 | 27 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,241 | 31 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,264 | 20 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,528 | 25 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,909 | 21 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,849 | 18 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,325 | 18 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,309 | 18 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,809 | 14 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,290 | 24 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,071 | 27 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,232 | 23 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,996 | 27 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,765 | 32 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,379 | 20 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,205 | 21 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,008 | 24 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,597 | 30 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,314 | 40 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,136 | 47 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,165 | 42 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,259 | 36 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,483 | 27 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,070 | 50 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,100 | 48 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,046 | 53 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,279 | 38 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,273 | 38 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,280 | 37 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,222 | 40 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,165 | 44 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,019 | 54 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,167 | 41 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,213 | 38 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,111 | 43 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,171 | 38 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,074 | 43 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,297 | 31 | |
| 1948 | — | #989 | 50 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,136 | 41 | |
| 1946 | — | #967 | 48 | |
| 1945 | — | #743 | 68 | |
| 1944 | — | #824 | 58 | |
| 1943 | — | #751 | 74 | |
| 1942 | — | #851 | 59 | |
| 1941 | — | #762 | 66 | |
| 1940 | — | #802 | 60 | |
| 1939 | — | #776 | 61 | |
| 1938 | — | #883 | 50 | |
| 1937 | — | #942 | 44 | |
| 1936 | — | #861 | 50 | |
| 1935 | — | #858 | 53 | |
| 1934 | — | #836 | 56 | |
| 1933 | — | #905 | 47 | |
| 1932 | — | #937 | 48 | |
| 1931 | — | #684 | 77 | |
| 1930 | — | #738 | 74 | |
| 1929 | — | #668 | 84 | |
| 1928 | — | #835 | 62 | |
| 1927 | — | #840 | 64 | |
| 1926 | — | #716 | 79 | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #858 | 60 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #916 | 58 |
| 1923 | — | #961 | 51 | |
| 1922 | — | #991 | 51 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,058 | 44 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,045 | 44 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,264 | 31 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,211 | 33 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,437 | 24 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,176 | 31 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,217 | 29 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,441 | 18 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Willian was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Willian is popular in 1889
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Willian
- 802 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #4,857)
- 1,439 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #4,857)
- 312 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #4,857)
- Biggest jump: 358 spots in 1886 (#936 → #578)
- Biggest drop: 397 spots in 1891 (#566 → #963)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #566 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1922–1946
- Highest: 1 in 9,252 boys born in 1890 were named Willian (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.7% of all boys named Willian (597) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 81 | #578 (1886) | #707 |
| 1890s | 46 | #566 (1890) | #910 |
| 1900s | 29 | #999 (1907) | #1,147 |
| 1910s | 194 | #1,176 (1916) | #1,384 |
| 1920s | 597 | #668 (1929) | #889 |
| 1930s | 560 | #684 (1931) | #842 |
| 1940s | 555 | #743 (1945) | #912 |
| 1950s | 415 | #1,019 (1956) | #1,165 |
| 1960s | 416 | #1,046 (1962) | #1,204 |
| 1970s | 240 | #1,314 (1970) | #2,005 |
| 1980s | 225 | #1,765 (1980) | #2,501 |
| 1990s | 138 | #3,309 (1990) | #4,508 |
| 2000s | 232 | #3,241 (2005) | #4,011 |
| 2010s | 243 | #3,000 (2011) | #4,301 |
| 2020s | 103 | #4,857 (2025) | #5,414 |
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.
Willian in 1889
Top boys' names in 1889
More about 1889
boys
110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 13,823 of them was named Willian, which outranked 35.0% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).