Wilhelm

boys’ nameSteadyCompare

Wilhelm is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. Its best rank was 833rd, in 1885.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 250.00% of boys
Peak year: 201438 births
Best rank: #833in 1885
Since 1880: 1,801people given the name

Babies named Wilhelm, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

1,801 boys have been named Wilhelm in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 38 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 2010s alone account for 13%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Wilhelm
1880s	41
1890s	26
1900s	37
1910s	183
1920s	122
1930s	109
1940s	67
1950s	113
1960s	166
1970s	124
1980s	123
1990s	125
2000s	205
2010s	233
2020s	127

In 2014, its biggest year

Wilhelm was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.

Names that rose and fell with Wilhelm

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.