Meaning not yet researched.
Will: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 170 in 2025. Its best rank was #25 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #25 in 1882; #1,195 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Will in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,195 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #25.
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Will: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 170 boys in 2025. Peak: #25 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 707 (1888).
In 2025, 170 US boys were named Will, making it the 1,195th most common boys’ name of the year, up 94 places from #1,289 in 2024. That is 17 more than the 153 boys named Will in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #25, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 707, in 1888. For comparison, it was #835 in 2015 and #445 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Will in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 588 babies with the name. In all, 46,610 US babies have been given the name, 1.4% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1880s, with 6,246 babies named Will.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,096 US boys were named Will; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 277. In 2025 that was about 1 in 10,048 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Will ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #407 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include William (4,215,725 babies since 1880), Bill (161,190 babies since 1880), Guillermo (32,148 babies since 1880) and Willem (2,840 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Wil, Wille and Wills are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Bill, Fred, Wilbur and Willie.
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We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Wil (1,094), Wille (407), Wills (62), Wyle (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 12 | #407 | #360 |
| Iowa | 6 | #567 | #452 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #784 | #379 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #787 | #798 |
| Colorado | 6 | #843 | — |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #882 | #481 |
| Washington | 7 | #893 | #695 |
| Ohio | 9 | #935 | #726 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,070 | #714 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,129 | #739 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,181 | — |
| California | 17 | #1,193 | #894 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,348 | #965 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,543 | — |
| Texas | 10 | #1,752 | #1,065 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 170 | #1,195 |
| 2024 | — | — | 153 | #1,289 |
| 2023 | — | — | 185 | #1,139 |
| 2022 | — | — | 178 | #1,162 |
| 2021 | — | — | 200 | #1,070 |
| 2020 | — | — | 235 | #941 |
| 2019 | — | — | 217 | #983 |
| 2018 | — | — | 242 | #897 |
| 2017 | — | — | 239 | #900 |
| 2016 | — | — | 277 | #825 |
| 2015 | — | — | 270 | #835 |
| 2014 | — | — | 313 | #755 |
| 2013 | — | — | 315 | #741 |
| 2012 | — | — | 352 | #674 |
| 2011 | — | — | 357 | #664 |
| 2010 | — | — | 396 | #623 |
| 2009 | — | — | 457 | #577 |
| 2008 | — | — | 432 | #585 |
| 2007 | — | — | 457 | #564 |
| 2006 | — | — | 473 | #534 |
| 2005 | — | — | 503 | #494 |
| 2004 | — | — | 452 | #528 |
| 2003 | — | — | 433 | #535 |
| 2002 | — | — | 403 | #549 |
| 2001 | — | — | 389 | #550 |
| 2000 | — | — | 447 | #510 |
| 1999 | — | — | 422 | #506 |
| 1998 | — | — | 339 | #578 |
| 1997 | — | — | 268 | #634 |
| 1996 | — | — | 280 | #622 |
| 1995 | — | — | 266 | #637 |
| 1994 | — | — | 248 | #660 |
| 1993 | — | — | 268 | #629 |
| 1992 | — | — | 252 | #653 |
| 1991 | — | — | 295 | #593 |
| 1990 | — | — | 289 | #590 |
| 1989 | — | — | 277 | #590 |
| 1988 | — | — | 241 | #610 |
| 1987 | — | — | 233 | #597 |
| 1986 | — | — | 204 | #627 |
| 1985 | — | — | 201 | #618 |
| 1984 | — | — | 204 | #595 |
| 1983 | — | — | 223 | #566 |
| 1982 | — | — | 262 | #529 |
| 1981 | — | — | 233 | #561 |
| 1980 | — | — | 271 | #519 |
| 1979 | — | — | 273 | #507 |
| 1978 | 5 | #11,432 | 232 | #546 |
| 1977 | — | — | 226 | #558 |
| 1976 | — | — | 224 | #539 |
| 1975 | — | — | 224 | #537 |
| 1974 | — | — | 224 | #535 |
| 1973 | — | — | 207 | #546 |
| 1972 | — | — | 185 | #587 |
| 1971 | — | — | 207 | #565 |
| 1970 | — | — | 230 | #533 |
| 1969 | — | — | 192 | #567 |
| 1968 | — | — | 213 | #521 |
| 1967 | — | — | 167 | #586 |
| 1966 | — | — | 205 | #532 |
| 1965 | — | — | 196 | #547 |
| 1964 | — | — | 235 | #512 |
| 1963 | — | — | 242 | #515 |
| 1962 | — | — | 200 | #559 |
| 1961 | — | — | 225 | #529 |
| 1960 | — | — | 225 | #530 |
| 1959 | — | — | 207 | #546 |
| 1958 | — | — | 183 | #573 |
| 1957 | 6 | #6,072 | 217 | #525 |
| 1956 | — | — | 192 | #550 |
| 1955 | — | — | 158 | #584 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,271 | 207 | #504 |
| 1953 | — | — | 209 | #487 |
| 1952 | — | — | 211 | #484 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,398 | 191 | #491 |
| 1950 | 6 | #5,288 | 224 | #445 |
| 1949 | — | — | 220 | #449 |
| 1948 | — | — | 238 | #434 |
| 1947 | 6 | #5,284 | 209 | #467 |
| 1946 | — | — | 207 | #443 |
| 1945 | — | — | 191 | #432 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,564 | 235 | #397 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,484 | 205 | #440 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,439 | 221 | #413 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,408 | 226 | #382 |
| 1940 | 5 | #5,009 | 209 | #396 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,420 | 226 | #378 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,936 | 231 | #372 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,313 | 230 | #355 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,381 | 233 | #354 |
| 1935 | 6 | #4,191 | 305 | #311 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,920 | 215 | #370 |
| 1933 | 9 | #3,106 | 224 | #362 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,827 | 242 | #359 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,747 | 237 | #366 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,686 | 259 | #356 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,433 | 277 | #333 |
| 1928 | 19 | #2,021 | 323 | #313 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,548 | 300 | #331 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,828 | 333 | #311 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,189 | 367 | #299 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,658 | 354 | #304 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,261 | 370 | #291 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,780 | 358 | #302 |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,193 | 373 | #291 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,584 | 368 | #294 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,740 | 373 | #273 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,803 | 363 | #280 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,772 | 339 | #282 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,128 | 362 | #263 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,797 | 362 | #249 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,443 | 319 | #239 |
| 1913 | 11 | #2,030 | 280 | #224 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,353 | 256 | #214 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,860 | 230 | #149 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,417 | 278 | #113 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,757 | 267 | #100 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,259 | 274 | #96 |
| 1907 | — | — | 260 | #97 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,720 | 253 | #92 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,419 | 286 | #86 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,655 | 287 | #81 |
| 1903 | — | — | 293 | #75 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,433 | 359 | #64 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,461 | 364 | #53 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,170 | 603 | #43 |
| 1899 | — | — | 414 | #48 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,376 | 475 | #48 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,383 | 491 | #44 |
| 1896 | — | — | 508 | #44 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,590 | 485 | #44 |
| 1894 | — | — | 559 | #39 |
| 1893 | — | — | 538 | #37 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,275 | 607 | #34 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,532 | 520 | #34 |
| 1890 | — | — | 613 | #30 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,277 | 631 | #30 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,468 | 707 | #28 |
| 1887 | 9 | #858 | 561 | #30 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,104 | 642 | #27 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,196 | 625 | #27 |
| 1884 | — | — | 650 | #28 |
| 1883 | 5 | #1,050 | 576 | #29 |
| 1882 | 7 | #809 | 666 | #25 |
| 1881 | 7 | #737 | 550 | #26 |
| 1880 | — | — | 588 | #27 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).