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 | |
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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 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 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 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#333 · 1 in 5,170
- Illinois#378 · 1 in 6,437
- Pennsylvania#397 · 1 in 9,695
- New York#424 · 1 in 9,629
- Michigan#447 · 1 in 8,187
Best ever in a state: #197 in Utah, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #333 | 5 | 1 in 5,170 |
| Illinois | #378 | 9 | 1 in 6,437 |
| Pennsylvania | #397 | 9 | 1 in 9,695 |
| New York | #424 | 10 | 1 in 9,629 |
| Michigan | #447 | 5 | 1 in 8,187 |
| Ohio | #468 | 5 | 1 in 10,530 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| 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 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 16,094 of them was named Wm, which outranked 83.8% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #776Lawson70
- #776Merl70
- #776Oswald70
- #783Wm69
- #783Armond69
- #783Cameron69
- #783Chauncey69
- #793Auther68
- #793Dillard68
- #793Fritz68
Tied with 9 names at #783; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.