Girls' name · since 1896
Williemae
Williemae has 722 recorded births since 1896 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,338 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 722
- born since 1896
- 1910s
- peak decade
Williemae sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 722 recorded since 1896.
Williemae has 722 recorded births among girls since 1896, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1896 to 1967.
- #9,338 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 722 born since 1896
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Williemae ranks #9,338 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 722 born since 1896, peaking in the 1910s.
- #9,338 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 722
- born since 1896
- 1910s
- peak decade
Williemae's 722 recorded births place it above 87.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
Williemae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Williemae's SSA record in two at 1925 and the more recent half accounts for 25% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 75%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1896, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1920 peak of 47, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Williemae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1896–1967
- Peak year (1920)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Williemae by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (285 births, 39% of the file).
1910s was Williemae's strongest decade.
285 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Williemae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 95
1900s
95 births
- 1910s
1910s
285 births
- 1920s
1920s
203 births
- 1930s 68
1930s
68 births
- 1940s 26
1940s
26 births
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s 21
1960s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 285 births (39% of all-time use).
How Williemae compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Williemae's total volume
Williemae by state
Where Williemae concentrates geographically, total births since 1896
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 69 | 9.6% |
| #2 | South Carolina | | 36 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 25 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 11 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
69 of 722 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Williemae's data
- Williemae's decade-level peak was the 1910s (285 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Williemaes (69 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Williemae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~71 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, 1896–1967 (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 Williemae 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.