Williard
Williard is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 693rd, in 1903.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191561 births
- Best rank
- #693in 1903
- Since 1884
- 1,081people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,081 boys have been named Williard in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1915, with 61 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 61 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1926, and the 1910s alone account for 27%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Williard | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 15 | |
| 1900s | 52 | |
| 1910s | 296 | |
| 1920s | 264 | |
| 1930s | 136 | |
| 1940s | 112 | |
| 1950s | 71 | |
| 1960s | 80 | |
| 1970s | 40 | |
| 1980s | 10 |
In 1915, its biggest year
Williard was the 774th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1915 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1915.
Names that rose and fell with Williard
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Milburnpeak 1918
- Estillpeak 1919
- Leviepeak 1919
- Cyrilpeak 1916
- Aciepeak 1928
- Ellwoodpeak 1918
- Mearlpeak 1920
- Waldemarpeak 1915
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.