Meaning not yet researched.
Willam: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5 in 2025. Its best rank was #525 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #525 in 1880; #13,798 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Willam in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#13,798 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #525.
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Willam: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5 boys in 2025. Peak: #525 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 76 (1959).
In 2025, 5 US boys were named Willam, making it the 13,798th most common boys’ name of the year, down 1,529 places from #12,269 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 6 boys named Willam in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #525, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 76, in 1959. For comparison, it was #13,943 in 2015 and #1,167 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Willam in 124 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 13 babies. In all, 3,516 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 560 babies named Willam.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 29 US boys were named Willam; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 7. In 2025 that was about 1 in 341,615 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include William (4,215,725 babies since 1880) and Willem (2,840 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Wilem are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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: Wilem (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.
No nicknames listed for Willam in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 5 | #13,798 |
| 2024 | — | — | 6 | #12,269 |
| 2022 | — | — | 6 | #12,250 |
| 2021 | — | — | 5 | #13,968 |
| 2016 | — | — | 7 | #10,680 |
| 2015 | — | — | 5 | #13,943 |
| 2014 | — | — | 6 | #12,034 |
| 2013 | — | — | 10 | #8,076 |
| 2012 | — | — | 7 | #10,711 |
| 2011 | — | — | 7 | #10,725 |
| 2009 | — | — | 5 | #14,416 |
| 2008 | — | — | 8 | #9,829 |
| 2006 | — | — | 11 | #7,400 |
| 2004 | — | — | 8 | #8,890 |
| 2002 | — | — | 12 | #6,072 |
| 2001 | — | — | 8 | #8,310 |
| 2000 | — | — | 9 | #7,385 |
| 1997 | — | — | 7 | #8,081 |
| 1995 | — | — | 5 | #10,281 |
| 1989 | — | — | 9 | #5,595 |
| 1988 | — | — | 14 | #3,702 |
| 1987 | — | — | 13 | #3,721 |
| 1986 | — | — | 13 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | — | — | 12 | #3,798 |
| 1984 | — | — | 20 | #2,526 |
| 1983 | — | — | 13 | #3,404 |
| 1982 | — | — | 19 | #2,594 |
| 1981 | — | — | 15 | #3,026 |
| 1980 | — | — | 16 | #2,961 |
| 1979 | — | — | 12 | #3,560 |
| 1978 | — | — | 13 | #3,210 |
| 1977 | — | — | 15 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | — | — | 25 | #1,996 |
| 1975 | — | — | 18 | #2,449 |
| 1974 | — | — | 14 | #2,796 |
| 1973 | — | — | 23 | #1,926 |
| 1972 | — | — | 20 | #2,077 |
| 1971 | — | — | 17 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | — | — | 24 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | — | — | 27 | #1,603 |
| 1968 | — | — | 20 | #1,833 |
| 1967 | — | — | 29 | #1,447 |
| 1966 | — | — | 44 | #1,129 |
| 1965 | — | — | 32 | #1,383 |
| 1964 | — | — | 40 | #1,234 |
| 1963 | — | — | 53 | #1,051 |
| 1962 | — | — | 45 | #1,170 |
| 1961 | — | — | 67 | #939 |
| 1960 | — | — | 63 | #962 |
| 1959 | — | — | 76 | #887 |
| 1958 | — | — | 61 | #977 |
| 1957 | — | — | 61 | #980 |
| 1956 | — | — | 62 | #953 |
| 1955 | — | — | 51 | #1,065 |
| 1954 | — | — | 53 | #1,038 |
| 1953 | — | — | 58 | #949 |
| 1952 | — | — | 39 | #1,192 |
| 1951 | — | — | 49 | #1,016 |
| 1950 | — | — | 39 | #1,167 |
| 1949 | — | — | 46 | #1,046 |
| 1948 | — | — | 37 | #1,193 |
| 1947 | — | — | 45 | #1,092 |
| 1946 | — | — | 46 | #1,018 |
| 1945 | — | — | 66 | #760 |
| 1944 | — | — | 58 | #830 |
| 1943 | — | — | 57 | #892 |
| 1942 | — | — | 53 | #922 |
| 1941 | — | — | 59 | #833 |
| 1940 | — | — | 51 | #892 |
| 1939 | — | — | 54 | #835 |
| 1938 | — | — | 39 | #1,042 |
| 1937 | — | — | 46 | #931 |
| 1936 | — | — | 53 | #843 |
| 1935 | — | — | 45 | #955 |
| 1934 | — | — | 41 | #1,023 |
| 1933 | — | — | 54 | #851 |
| 1932 | — | — | 59 | #834 |
| 1931 | — | — | 59 | #824 |
| 1930 | — | — | 60 | #854 |
| 1929 | — | — | 67 | #793 |
| 1928 | — | — | 59 | #871 |
| 1927 | — | — | 60 | #883 |
| 1926 | — | — | 51 | #962 |
| 1925 | — | — | 57 | #899 |
| 1924 | — | — | 63 | #871 |
| 1923 | — | — | 51 | #974 |
| 1922 | — | — | 60 | #904 |
| 1921 | — | — | 49 | #1,008 |
| 1920 | — | — | 43 | #1,088 |
| 1919 | — | — | 34 | #1,229 |
| 1918 | — | — | 39 | #1,111 |
| 1917 | — | — | 37 | #1,111 |
| 1916 | — | — | 31 | #1,204 |
| 1915 | — | — | 32 | #1,157 |
| 1914 | — | — | 28 | #1,097 |
| 1913 | — | — | 19 | #1,204 |
| 1912 | — | — | 15 | #1,262 |
| 1911 | — | — | 11 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,115 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #1,018 |
| 1908 | — | — | 12 | #822 |
| 1906 | — | — | 10 | #850 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #873 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,126 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #931 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,158 |
| 1898 | — | — | 10 | #743 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #940 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #777 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #973 |
| 1893 | — | — | 14 | #536 |
| 1892 | — | — | 13 | #595 |
| 1891 | — | — | 11 | #595 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #991 |
| 1889 | — | — | 9 | #720 |
| 1888 | — | — | 11 | #646 |
| 1887 | — | — | 8 | #749 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #537 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #696 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #609 |
| 1883 | — | — | 9 | #675 |
| 1882 | — | — | 8 | #751 |
| 1881 | — | — | 10 | #592 |
| 1880 | — | — | 13 | #525 |
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).