Will — #1277 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Will

The Social Security Administration has registered 45,781 babies named Will between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Will currently holds the #1277 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1888, when 707 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Will performed strongest in the 1880s, accumulating 6,196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Will shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,975 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Will in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Will 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 45,781 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.