Wills — boys' name
57 babies named Wills in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Wills was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Wills in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wills
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Wills between 1921 and 2023, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wills currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wills performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Wills shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wills 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 57 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.
Wills at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wills popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1921
- Peak year (2021)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
57 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 12 births in a single year.
Wills by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 22 births that decade — 39% of Wills's all-time total
Wills decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Wills's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% 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, 1921–2023 (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.