Wm
Last seen for girls in 1930 at #3,658 · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #7,422
Given to boys 96.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,650since 1880
Wm over time
Rank among boys' names. Wm has never cracked the top 300 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,290 | 24 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,019 | 28 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,842 | 30 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,651 | 35 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,563 | 39 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,942 | 28 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,852 | 30 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,310 | 21 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,205 | 21 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,780 | 29 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,932 | 25 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,001 | 23 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,747 | 27 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,982 | 21 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,721 | 26 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,597 | 30 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,337 | 39 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,680 | 24 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,478 | 28 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
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| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,074 | 13 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,481 | 21 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,872 | 14 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,837 | 15 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | — | #1,480 | 24 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,125 | 39 | |
| 1927 | — | #937 | 54 | |
| 1926 | — | #783 | 69 | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #755 | 76 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #872 | 62 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #1,087 | 43 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #830 | 67 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #814 | 70 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #785 | 72 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #738 | 75 |
| 1918 | — | #706 | 80 | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #744 | 70 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #630 | 85 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #662 | 77 |
| 1914 | — | #712 | 53 | |
| 1913 | — | #667 | 45 | |
| 1912 | — | #681 | 39 | |
| 1911 | — | #525 | 32 | |
| 1910 | — | #492 | 32 | |
| 1909 | — | #378 | 40 | |
| 1908 | — | #389 | 36 | |
| 1907 | — | #439 | 28 | |
| 1906 | — | #394 | 30 | |
| 1905 | — | #592 | 16 | |
| 1904 | — | #686 | 12 | |
| 1903 | — | #393 | 25 | |
| 1902 | — | #651 | 12 | |
| 1901 | — | #407 | 21 | |
| 1900 | — | #534 | 20 | |
| 1899 | — | #424 | 19 | |
| 1898 | — | #409 | 23 | |
| 1897 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1896 | — | #388 | 25 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #439 | 19 | |
| 1893 | — | #435 | 18 | |
| 1892 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #369 | 25 | |
| 1887 | — | #438 | 15 | |
| 1886 | — | #470 | 15 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #375 | 22 | |
| 1883 | — | #448 | 16 | |
| 1882 | — | #426 | 18 | |
| 1881 | — | #442 | 15 | |
| 1880 | — | #482 | 14 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wm was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Wm is popular in 1925
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#268 · 1 in 3,218
- Ohio#364 · 1 in 6,634
- Kentucky#382 · 1 in 3,701
- Illinois#481 · 1 in 9,844
- Pennsylvania#507 · 1 in 14,717
Best ever in a state: #197 in Utah, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #268 | 8 | 1 in 3,218 |
| Ohio | #364 | 8 | 1 in 6,634 |
| Kentucky | #382 | 7 | 1 in 3,701 |
| Illinois | #481 | 6 | 1 in 9,844 |
| Pennsylvania | #507 | 6 | 1 in 14,717 |
| New York | #553 | 6 | 1 in 15,946 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Wm
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
- Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1892 (#766 → #480)
- Biggest drop: 377 spots in 1891 (#389 → #766)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #364 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1880–1922
- Highest: 1 in 4,100 boys born in 1909 were named Wm (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 332,902 boys born in 1992 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #364 in 1885, was only 1 in 4,687 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.2% of all boys named Wm (588) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 175 | #364 (1885) | #436 |
| 1890s | 183 | #388 (1896) | #471 |
| 1900s | 240 | #378 (1909) | #486 |
| 1910s | 588 | #492 (1910) | #656 |
| 1920s | 576 | #755 (1925) | #947 |
| 1930s | 132 | #1,481 (1937) | #2,143 |
| 1940s | 69 | #2,074 (1943) | #2,682 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,505 (1955) | #3,505 |
| 1960s | 125 | #1,478 (1968) | #2,679 |
| 1970s | 262 | #1,337 (1970) | #1,861 |
| 1980s | 273 | #1,563 (1982) | #2,210 |
| 1990s | 21 | #4,993 (1990) | #6,884 |
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.
Wm in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 152,173 of them was named Wm, which outranked 36.5% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 14,683 of them was named Wm, which outranked 84.5% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).