Boys' name · since 1967
Guillaume
Guillaume has 342 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,878 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 342
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Guillaume sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 342 recorded since 1967.
Social Security Administration records show Guillaume recorded 342 times among boys since 1967, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2024.
- #9,878 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 342 born since 1967
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Guillaume ranks #9,878 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 342 born since 1967, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,878 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 342
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Guillaume's 342 recorded births place it above 78.26% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Guillaume's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Guillaume splits its recorded history at 1995: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Guillaume popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2024
- Peak year (1997)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Guillaume by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (114 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Guillaume's strongest decade.
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Guillaume births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 35
1970s
35 births
- 1980s
1980s
80 births
- 1990s
1990s
114 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 114 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Guillaume's decade-level peak was the 1990s (114 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Guillaume: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1967–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Guillaume draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.