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Willaim

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 1,600

Ireland

#261

1964 births

Willaim is a boy's name. In 2018 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1987, when 34 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1882.

Willaim over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Willaim by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 5
1890s 7
1900s 6
1910s 106
1920s 179
1930s 121
1940s 131
1950s 173
1960s 214
1970s 188
1980s 251
1990s 118
2000s 66
2010s (to 2018) 32

How popular is Willaim?

In 2018, Willaim was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Willaim is used

Ireland #261 3 in 1964
United States #8,026 10 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Willaim

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Willaim

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Willaim — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Willaim

How popular is the name Willaim?

In 2018, Willaim was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Willaim a girl's or a boy's name?

Willaim is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Willaim most popular?

Willaim peaked in 1987, when 34 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.