Wm
Wm was last recorded in 1992, when 6 babies were given it; 2,736 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1992 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Wm by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Wm?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,396, in 1992; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
91 babies in 1916, the peak
Wm peaked in 1916, when 91 babies were given it (85 boys, #635 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6 | #8,396 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 5 | #9,600 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 10 | #5,355 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,260 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,430 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,633 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,357 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 28 | #2,068 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,883 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,685 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (101)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 39 | #1,593 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,992 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,909 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,374 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,277 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,822 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,996 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,062 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,789 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 21 | #2,031 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,768 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,634 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 39 | #1,349 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,726 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,504 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,709 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,320 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,363 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,583 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,853 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,649 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,589 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,878 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 5 | #4,197 | under 0.01 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,518 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,992 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,629 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,179 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,265 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,653 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,866 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,828 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,688 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,525 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,960 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,926 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,671 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,212 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,991 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,861 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,176 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,522 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,146 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 54 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 69 | #792 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 76 | #758 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 62 | #885 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,100 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 67 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 70 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 72 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 75 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 80 | #709 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 70 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 85 | #635 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 77 | #666 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 53 | #723 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 45 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 39 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 32 | #532 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 32 | #500 | 0.16 |
| 1909 | 40 | #387 | 0.24 |
| 1908 | 36 | #399 | 0.23 |
| 1907 | 28 | #447 | 0.19 |
| 1906 | 30 | #399 | 0.23 |
| 1905 | 16 | #613 | 0.12 |
| 1904 | 12 | #722 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 25 | #400 | 0.21 |
| 1902 | 12 | #684 | 0.10 |
| 1901 | 21 | #421 | 0.20 |
| 1900 | 20 | #554 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 19 | #437 | 0.18 |
| 1898 | 23 | #417 | 0.19 |
| 1897 | 20 | #437 | 0.18 |
| 1896 | 25 | #399 | 0.21 |
| 1895 | 14 | #578 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 19 | #463 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 18 | #447 | 0.16 |
| 1892 | 17 | #496 | 0.14 |
| 1891 | 7 | #838 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 21 | #404 | 0.19 |
| 1889 | 12 | #580 | 0.11 |
| 1888 | 25 | #376 | 0.21 |
| 1887 | 15 | #459 | 0.15 |
| 1886 | 15 | #489 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 23 | #379 | 0.21 |
| 1884 | 22 | #385 | 0.19 |
| 1883 | 16 | #459 | 0.15 |
| 1882 | 18 | #436 | 0.16 |
| 1881 | 15 | #459 | 0.15 |
| 1880 | 14 | #503 | 0.13 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Wm a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,736 Americans recorded as Wm, 3% are girls and 97% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Wm: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Wm, and how old are they?
An estimated 667 Americans named Wm and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (24% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 43 and 56. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Wm
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Wm and names like it
- Compare Wm and AbeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sWm peaked in 1916.
- Ohio’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Wm since 1910.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Wm.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Wm alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with WMost given first.