Wilhelm
Boy · Germanic
Wilhelm is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Wilhelm mean?
Germanic
A male given name from German, equivalent to English William.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Wilhelm a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilhelm is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wilhelm in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Wilhelm, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 38 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wilhelm in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wilhelm in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,584 |
| 1962 | 19 | #1,851 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,025 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,298 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,362 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,504 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,127 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,205 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 7 | #765 |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
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