Willam
Willam is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 525th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 195976 births
- Best rank
- #525in 1880
- Since 1880
- 3,510people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,510 boys have been named Willam in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 76 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 76 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1943, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 51 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Willam | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 101 | |
| 1890s | 78 | |
| 1900s | 62 | |
| 1910s | 256 | |
| 1920s | 560 | |
| 1930s | 510 | |
| 1940s | 518 | |
| 1950s | 549 | |
| 1960s | 420 | |
| 1970s | 181 | |
| 1980s | 144 | |
| 1990s | 12 | |
| 2000s | 61 | |
| 2010s | 42 | |
| 2020s | 16 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Willam was the 886th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1959 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Willam
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Charlespeak 1947
- Williampeak 1947
- Dellpeak 1953
- Lewispeak 1921
- Georgepeak 1921
- Harveypeak 1921
- Hughpeak 1916
- Corneliouspeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.