Willem
Willem is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 50 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 500.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2003122 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1916
- 2,788people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,788 boys have been named Willem in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 122 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2000s alone account for 36%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Willem | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 | |
| 1920s | 18 | |
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 30 | |
| 1960s | 71 | |
| 1970s | 62 | |
| 1980s | 112 | |
| 1990s | 443 | |
| 2000s | 1,002 | |
| 2010s | 743 | |
| 2020s | 289 |
In 2003, its biggest year
Willem was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2003 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Andrew. See all of 2003.
Names that rose and fell with Willem
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Daylanpeak 2008
- Kiernanpeak 2008
- Sebastienpeak 2007
- Cutterpeak 2003
- Yonatanpeak 2005
- Tallonpeak 2000
- Calebpeak 2002
- Ethanpeak 2004
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.