Willilam — boys' name
22 babies named Willilam in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Willilam was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Willilam in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Willilam
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Willilam between 1967 and 1988, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Willilam currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Willilam performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Willilam shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Willilam 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 22 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.
Willilam at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Willilam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1967
- Peak year (1973)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
22 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 6 births in a single year.
Willilam by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 11 births that decade — 50% of Willilam's all-time total
Willilam decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Willilam's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.