Meaning not yet researched.
Willian: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 20 in 2025. Its best rank was #601 in 1890.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #601 in 1890; #5,033 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Willian in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,033 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1890, at #601.
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Willian: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 20 boys in 2025. Peak: #601 in 1890 · most boys in one year: 84 (1929).
In 2025, 20 US boys were named Willian, making it the 5,033rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 851 places from #5,884 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 16 boys named Willian in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #601, reached in 1890. The most boys given the name in a single year was 84, in 1929. For comparison, it was #4,702 in 2015 and #1,085 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Willian in 137 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 4,092 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 610 babies named Willian.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 186 US boys were named Willian; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 27. In 2025 that was about 1 in 85,404 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Willine, Willean and Wilian 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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Willine (449), Willean (259), Wilian (237), Willeen (127), Williene (23), Willien (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 Willian 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 | — | — | 20 | #5,033 |
| 2024 | — | — | 16 | #5,884 |
| 2023 | — | — | 20 | #5,055 |
| 2022 | — | — | 17 | #5,618 |
| 2021 | — | — | 17 | #5,548 |
| 2020 | — | — | 13 | #6,602 |
| 2019 | — | — | 18 | #5,331 |
| 2018 | — | — | 27 | #3,986 |
| 2017 | — | — | 16 | #5,773 |
| 2016 | — | — | 22 | #4,614 |
| 2015 | — | — | 21 | #4,702 |
| 2014 | — | — | 19 | #5,055 |
| 2013 | — | — | 23 | #4,307 |
| 2012 | — | — | 23 | #4,381 |
| 2011 | — | — | 38 | #3,043 |
| 2010 | — | — | 36 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | — | — | 30 | #3,632 |
| 2008 | — | — | 25 | #4,136 |
| 2007 | — | — | 22 | #4,484 |
| 2006 | — | — | 27 | #3,777 |
| 2005 | — | — | 31 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | — | — | 20 | #4,410 |
| 2003 | — | — | 25 | #3,623 |
| 2002 | — | — | 21 | #4,039 |
| 2001 | — | — | 17 | #4,665 |
| 2000 | — | — | 14 | #5,291 |
| 1999 | — | — | 13 | #5,308 |
| 1998 | — | — | 18 | #4,011 |
| 1997 | — | — | 9 | #6,595 |
| 1996 | — | — | 15 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | — | — | 12 | #5,115 |
| 1994 | — | — | 12 | #5,101 |
| 1993 | — | — | 13 | #4,687 |
| 1992 | — | — | 10 | #5,646 |
| 1991 | — | — | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1990 | — | — | 18 | #3,460 |
| 1989 | — | — | 14 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | — | — | 22 | #2,678 |
| 1987 | — | — | 13 | #3,722 |
| 1986 | — | — | 24 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | — | — | 27 | #2,114 |
| 1984 | — | — | 23 | #2,289 |
| 1983 | — | — | 26 | #2,083 |
| 1982 | — | — | 17 | #2,829 |
| 1981 | — | — | 27 | #2,035 |
| 1980 | — | — | 32 | #1,807 |
| 1979 | — | — | 20 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | — | — | 21 | #2,276 |
| 1977 | — | — | 24 | #2,062 |
| 1976 | — | — | 15 | #2,823 |
| 1975 | — | — | 20 | #2,286 |
| 1974 | 5 | #10,229 | 25 | #1,885 |
| 1973 | — | — | 23 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | — | — | 22 | #1,963 |
| 1971 | — | — | 30 | #1,634 |
| 1970 | — | — | 40 | #1,336 |
| 1969 | — | — | 47 | #1,151 |
| 1968 | — | — | 42 | #1,182 |
| 1967 | — | — | 37 | #1,251 |
| 1966 | — | — | 36 | #1,281 |
| 1965 | — | — | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | — | — | 50 | #1,081 |
| 1963 | — | — | 48 | #1,120 |
| 1962 | — | — | 53 | #1,055 |
| 1961 | — | — | 38 | #1,301 |
| 1960 | — | — | 38 | #1,293 |
| 1959 | — | — | 37 | #1,301 |
| 1958 | — | — | 40 | #1,236 |
| 1957 | — | — | 44 | #1,184 |
| 1956 | — | — | 54 | #1,030 |
| 1955 | — | — | 41 | #1,180 |
| 1954 | — | — | 38 | #1,225 |
| 1953 | — | — | 37 | #1,244 |
| 1952 | — | — | 43 | #1,135 |
| 1951 | — | — | 38 | #1,194 |
| 1950 | — | — | 43 | #1,085 |
| 1949 | — | — | 31 | #1,321 |
| 1948 | — | — | 50 | #1,000 |
| 1947 | — | — | 41 | #1,147 |
| 1946 | — | — | 48 | #978 |
| 1945 | — | — | 68 | #748 |
| 1944 | — | — | 58 | #831 |
| 1943 | — | — | 74 | #763 |
| 1942 | — | — | 59 | #858 |
| 1941 | — | — | 66 | #769 |
| 1940 | — | — | 60 | #809 |
| 1939 | — | — | 61 | #782 |
| 1938 | — | — | 50 | #896 |
| 1937 | — | — | 44 | #956 |
| 1936 | — | — | 50 | #872 |
| 1935 | — | — | 53 | #871 |
| 1934 | — | — | 56 | #844 |
| 1933 | — | — | 47 | #925 |
| 1932 | — | — | 48 | #951 |
| 1931 | — | — | 77 | #687 |
| 1930 | — | — | 74 | #743 |
| 1929 | — | — | 84 | #674 |
| 1928 | — | — | 62 | #845 |
| 1927 | — | — | 64 | #848 |
| 1926 | — | — | 79 | #721 |
| 1925 | 8 | #4,018 | 60 | #870 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,880 | 58 | #924 |
| 1923 | — | — | 51 | #975 |
| 1922 | — | — | 51 | #998 |
| 1921 | — | — | 44 | #1,068 |
| 1920 | — | — | 44 | #1,072 |
| 1919 | — | — | 31 | #1,295 |
| 1918 | — | — | 33 | #1,229 |
| 1917 | — | — | 24 | #1,477 |
| 1916 | — | — | 31 | #1,205 |
| 1915 | — | — | 29 | #1,240 |
| 1914 | — | — | 18 | #1,489 |
| 1913 | — | — | 12 | #1,674 |
| 1912 | — | — | 9 | #1,882 |
| 1911 | — | — | 7 | #1,530 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,090 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,391 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,313 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,303 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #1,047 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,223 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,070 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #904 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,123 |
| 1890 | — | — | 12 | #601 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #787 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #915 |
| 1887 | — | — | 9 | #678 |
| 1886 | — | — | 11 | #603 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,094 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #661 |
| 1883 | — | — | 8 | #718 |
| 1882 | — | — | 8 | #752 |
| 1881 | — | — | 9 | #651 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #906 |
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).