Total births
62
Boys' name · since 1921
Wills
Wills has 62 recorded births since 1921 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 62
- total births
- 1921–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
Wills is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 62 have been recorded since 1921.
Wills has 62 recorded births among boys since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 2025.
- 62 total births
- 1921–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 44% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
62 boys have been named Wills since 1921, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 62
- total births
- 1921–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
44% of everyone ever named Wills was born in this single decade.
2021
Single peak year
12 babies were named Wills in 2021 - its busiest year on record.
Wills's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wills's full recorded timeline at 2018, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1921, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wills at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2021
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1921
Wills popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Wills by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Wills's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Wills births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (44% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Wills? ▼
Wills has been given to 62 babies in the U.S. since 1921, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2025. 12 babies were born in 2021, its single highest year.
When was Wills most popular? ▼
Wills was most popular in the 2020s decade with 27 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Wills been used? ▼
Records for Wills go back to 1921, giving 105 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Wills? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include William, Willie, Willard, Wilbur, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Wills
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1921–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Wills: Baby Name Since 1921 - 62 Births, Peak 2021." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/wills. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Wills 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 June 2026.