Wm — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wm

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,650 babies named Wm between 1880 and 1992, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wm currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 85 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wm performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 588 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Wm shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Wm in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wm 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 2,650 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.