Willman — boys' name
114 babies named Willman in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Willman was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Willman in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Willman
The Social Security Administration has registered 114 babies named Willman between 1906 and 1944, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Willman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1944. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Willman performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Willman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Willman 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 114 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.
Willman at a glance
Last recorded 1944Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Willman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1906
- Peak year (1917)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1944.
114 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 9 births in a single year.
Willman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 41 births that decade — 36% of Willman's all-time total
Willman decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Willman's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% 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, 1906–1944 (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.