Willian
Willian is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 16 births. Its best rank was 601st, in 1890.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 160.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192984 births
- Best rank
- #601in 1890
- Since 1880
- 4,054people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,054 boys have been named Willian in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1929, with 84 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 1948, and the 1920s alone account for 15%. It has spent 37 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Willian | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 81 | |
| 1890s | 46 | |
| 1900s | 29 | |
| 1910s | 194 | |
| 1920s | 597 | |
| 1930s | 560 | |
| 1940s | 555 | |
| 1950s | 415 | |
| 1960s | 416 | |
| 1970s | 240 | |
| 1980s | 225 | |
| 1990s | 138 | |
| 2000s | 232 | |
| 2010s | 243 | |
| 2020s | 83 |
In 1929, its biggest year
Willian was the 674th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1929 were Robert, James, John, William and Charles. See all of 1929.
Names that rose and fell with Willian
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Willampeak 1959
- Charlespeak 1947
- Williampeak 1947
- Bertonpeak 1924
- Conradpeak 2024
- Frederickpeak 1951
- Johnpeak 1947
- Fredrickpeak 1953
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.