Wilhelm — #4187 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wilhelm

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,801 babies named Wilhelm between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wilhelm currently holds the #4187 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wilhelm performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 233 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Wilhelm shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Wilhelm in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wilhelm in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,801 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.