Wwlliam

Last seen for boys in 1959 at #3,988

Peak · boys
1958 · 7 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
22
since 1953

Wwlliam over time

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Rank among boys' names. Wwlliam has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five boys were named Wwlliam! It came in at #3,798, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1953–1957, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Wwlliam is popular in 1958

No state had 5 or more boys named Wwlliam in 1958, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Wwlliam
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1959
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 1958 at #3,275 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1960, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 303,201
  • Highest: 1 in 303,201 boys born in 1958 were named Wwlliam (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 426,904 boys born in 1959 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 100.0% of all boys named Wwlliam (22) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s22#3,275 (1958)#3,764

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.

Wwlliam in 1958

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#3,275
7 births · 1 in 303,201 boys

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #3,275Wwlliam7
More about 1958

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 303,201 of them was named Wwlliam, which outranked 27.3% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wwlliam
  1. #3,033Yvonne8
  2. #3,033Zan8
  3. #3,033Zoltan8
  4. #3,275Wwlliam7
  5. #3,275Able7
  6. #3,275Abran7
  7. #3,275Acey7
  8. #3,559Abdul6
  9. #3,559Abelino6
  10. #3,559Abie6

Tied with 283 names at #3,275; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 742Wayde#1,364 → #622
  2. ↑ 568Maverick#1,364 → #796
  3. ↑ 516Darren#897 → #381
  4. ↑ 435Tobin#1,250 → #815
  5. ↑ 406Dion#928 → #522
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Claud#957 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 349Ritchie#823 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 333Levon#944 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 320Weston#957 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 297Parker#925 → #1,222

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

See the top 100 for 1958 →