Williard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Williard

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,081 babies named Williard between 1884 and 1982, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Williard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Williard performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 296 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Williard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Williard in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Williard 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 1,081 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.