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Will Name Popularity

How popular is the name Will? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 256 0.0727%
1911 — 209 0.0561%
1912 — 236 0.0468%
1913 — 258 0.0455%
1914 — 292 0.0419%
1915 — 327 0.036%
1916 — 325 0.0336%
1917 — 318 0.0318%
1918 — 334 0.0311%
1919 — 348 0.0332%
1920 — 352 0.0317%
1921 — 349 0.0305%
1922 — 332 0.0298%
1923 — 348 0.0311%
1924 — 334 0.0288%
1925 — 326 0.0288%
1926 — 310 0.0282%
1927 — 276 0.0249%
1928 — 289 0.027%
1929 — 241 0.0233%
1930 — 229 0.0219%
1931 — 207 0.021%
1932 — 226 0.0229%
1933 — 203 0.0218%
1934 — 191 0.0198%
1935 — 280 0.0288%
1936 — 192 0.0199%
1937 — 204 0.0207%
1938 — 211 0.0206%
1939 — 204 0.0201%
1940 — 173 0.0163%
1941 — 194 0.0172%
1942 — 186 0.0147%
1943 — 174 0.0133%
1944 — 209 0.0169%
1945 — 162 0.0133%
1946 — 175 0.0119%
1947 — 173 0.0104%
1948 — 203 0.0127%
1949 — 176 0.0109%
1950 — 184 0.0114%
1951 — 166 0.0098%
1952 — 190 0.0109%
1953 — 166 0.0094%
1954 — 144 0.0079%
1955 — 122 0.0066%
1956 — 158 0.0084%
1957 — 171 0.0089%
1958 — 139 0.0074%
1959 — 153 0.0081%
1960 — 172 0.0091%
1961 — 173 0.0092%
1962 — 155 0.0084%
1963 — 186 0.0104%
1964 — 196 0.0111%
1965 — 145 0.0089%
1966 — 156 0.01%
1967 — 127 0.0084%
1968 — 153 0.0102%
1969 — 144 0.0093%
1970 — 178 0.0112%
1971 — 154 0.0102%
1972 — 129 0.0095%
1973 — 155 0.012%
1974 — 178 0.0137%
1975 — 169 0.0132%
1976 — 165 0.0128%
1977 — 168 0.0125%
1978 — 177 0.0132%
1979 — 204 0.0145%
1980 — 218 0.0149%
1981 — 180 0.0122%
1982 — 207 0.0139%
1983 — 167 0.0113%
1984 — 137 0.0092%
1985 — 122 0.008%
1986 — 151 0.01%
1987 — 176 0.0115%
1988 — 186 0.0119%
1989 — 212 0.0131%
1990 — 233 0.0141%
1991 — 232 0.0142%
1992 — 186 0.0117%
1993 — 223 0.0143%
1994 — 196 0.0128%
1995 — 209 0.0139%
1996 — 230 0.0154%
1997 — 210 0.0142%
1998 — 294 0.0196%
1999 — 380 0.0254%
2000 — 408 0.0267%
2001 — 341 0.0226%
2002 — 359 0.024%
2003 — 384 0.0252%
2004 — 412 0.027%
2005 — 467 0.0305%
2006 — 437 0.0279%
2007 — 417 0.0264%
2008 — 388 0.0251%
2009 — 419 0.028%
2010 — 363 0.0252%
2011 — 301 0.0211%
2012 — 312 0.0219%
2013 — 263 0.0185%
2014 — 256 0.0176%
2015 — 214 0.0147%
2016 — 225 0.0156%
2017 — 182 0.013%
2018 — 183 0.0133%
2019 — 143 0.0106%
2020 — 160 0.0126%
2021 — 141 0.0115%
2022 — 127 0.0096%
2023 — 125 0.0097%

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What names sound like Will?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Wil

English

Willi

Will helmet, protection

German

Willy

Will helmet, protection

German

What names are similar to Will?

Find a name that’s like Will, but just a little bit different.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Gill

Servant

Irish

Hill

English

Sill

Beam, threshold

English

Till

Power of the tribe

German

Wild

Hunter

German

Wills

Will helmet, protection

German

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4 Comments

  1. my name is will:)

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  2. Will has always been a favourite boys name of mine. I’m British, so it seemed a strong, bold British name. It was also the name of the English Rugby team Captain when I was a teen–he was quite a sporting hero–so the name conjured sentiments of honour and duty and strength.
    Then lo and behold my husband, who everyone calls ‘Matt’, was actually a William Matthew, and his father was before him, so we satisfied family tradition but I also got what I wanted!

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  3. His father named him after his great grandfather! I really wanted a different name tho but he is a gorgeous boy!

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  4. William Rufus McGowan III is Wills full name & it took me 3 weeks after he was born to finally cave in and name him after his Dad and grandpa. ?

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