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

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Peak · boys
1890 · 12 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,074
since 1880

Willian over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Willian has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #566, 1890boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,85720
2024—#5,65916
2023—#4,88620
2022—#5,44517
2021—#5,33817
2020—#6,29613
2019—#5,15318
2018—#3,89127
2017—#5,52616
2016—#4,47022
2015—#4,54521
2014—#4,86619
2013—#4,18023
2012—#4,25123
2011—#3,00038
2010—#3,12836
2009—#3,55130
2008—#4,04425
2007—#4,37522
2006—#3,68627
2005—#3,24131
2004—#4,26420
2003—#3,52825
2002—#3,90921
2001—#4,47617
2000—#5,04014
1999—#5,03513
1998—#3,84918
1997—#6,1009
1996—#4,18515
1995—#4,79112
1994—#4,80312
1993—#4,44713
1992—#5,23610
1991—#3,32518
1990—#3,30918
1989—#3,80914
1988—#2,59922
1987—#3,52113
1986—#2,29024
1985—#2,07127
1984—#2,23223
1983—#2,01726
1982—#2,70917
1981—#1,99627
1980—#1,76532
1979—#2,37920
1978—#2,20521
1977—#2,00824
1976—#2,70915
1975—#2,20520
1974#8,7755#1,83225
1973—#1,87123
1972—#1,92822
1971—#1,59730
1970—#1,31440
1969—#1,13647
1968—#1,16542
1967—#1,23137
1966—#1,25936
1965—#1,48327
1964—#1,07050
1963—#1,10048
1962—#1,04653
1961—#1,27938
1960—#1,27338
1959—#1,28037
1958—#1,22240
1957—#1,16544
1956—#1,01954
1955—#1,16741
1954—#1,21338
1953—#1,23137
1952—#1,11143
1951—#1,17138
1950—#1,07443
1949—#1,29731
1948—#98950
1947—#1,13641
1946—#96748
1945—#74368
1944—#82458
1943—#75174
1942—#85159
1941—#76266
1940—#80260
1939—#77661
1938—#88350
1937—#94244
1936—#86150
1935—#85853
1934—#83656
1933—#90547
1932—#93748
1931—#68477
1930—#73874
1929—#66884
1928—#83562
1927—#84064
1926—#71679
1925#3,6648#85860
1924#5,0615#91658
1923—#96151
1922—#99151
1921—#1,05844
1920—#1,04544
1919—#1,26431
1918—#1,21133
1917—#1,43724
1916—#1,17631
1915—#1,21729
1914—#1,44118
1913—#1,58012
1912—#1,7469
1911—#1,3877
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1893—#8367
1892—#1,0665
1891—#9635
1890—#56612
1889—#7228
1888—#8157
1887—#6319
1886—#57811
1885—#9365
1884—#61310
1883—#6778
1882—#6918
1881—#5959
1880—#8096
First appearance
1880

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 1922

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #558 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,797 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Willian, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#558 · 1 in 6,797

Best ever in a state: #293 in Missouri, 1930.

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North Carolina#55851 in 6,797
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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 Willian
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1890 at #566 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1922–1946
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,252
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.7% of all boys named Willian (597) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s81#578 (1886)#707
1890s46#566 (1890)#910
1900s29#999 (1907)#1,147
1910s194#1,176 (1916)#1,384
1920s597#668 (1929)#889
1930s560#684 (1931)#842
1940s555#743 (1945)#912
1950s415#1,019 (1956)#1,165
1960s416#1,046 (1962)#1,204
1970s240#1,314 (1970)#2,005
1980s225#1,765 (1980)#2,501
1990s138#3,309 (1990)#4,508
2000s232#3,241 (2005)#4,011
2010s243#3,000 (2011)#4,301
2020s103#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 1922

boys
#991
51 births · 1 in 21,336 boys

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #991Willian51
More about 1922

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 21,336 of them was named Willian, which outranked 80.0% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Willian
  1. #977Reynaldo52
  2. #977Talmage52
  3. #977Verle52
  4. #991Willian51
  5. #991Audrey51
  6. #991Eloy51
  7. #991Harlen51
  8. #999Abram50
  9. #999Brown50
  10. #999Cornell50

Tied with 7 names at #991; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Desmond#1,360 → #840
  2. ↑ 504Gorden#1,226 → #722
  3. ↑ 418Jackie#1,140 → #722
  4. ↑ 417Daryl#843 → #426
  5. ↑ 361Brown#1,360 → #999
Fallers
  1. ↓ 600Adolf#991 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 508Nello#962 → #1,470
  3. ↓ 439Newman#843 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 394Marcos#939 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Porfirio#939 → #1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922 →