Boys' name · since 1915
Williom
174 babies named Williom in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,840 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 174
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Williom is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 174 have been recorded since 1915.
Williom has 174 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1949.
- #13,840 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 174 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Williom ranks #13,840 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 174 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,840 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 174
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Williom's 174 recorded births place it above 69.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Williom's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Williom's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1921, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1931 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Williom popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1949
- Peak year (1931)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1949.
174 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 12 births in a single year.
Williom by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (59 births, 34% of the file).
1920s was Williom's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Williom births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
27 births
- 1920s
1920s
59 births
- 1930s
1930s
34 births
- 1940s
1940s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 59 births (34% of all-time use).
Williom decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Williom's data
- Williom's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 1940s (54) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Williom: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1915–1949 (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 Williom 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.
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