Wiliam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIL-yum
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Wiliam is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “will + helmet, protection”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Wiliam mean?
Germanic: variant spelling of William
“will + helmet, protection”
A variant spelling of William, the name brought to England by William the Conqueror in 1066.
Is Wiliam a girl's or a boy's name?
Wiliam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wiliam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Wiliam, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wiliam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Wiliam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Wiliam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Wiliam, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Wiliam in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wiliam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,181 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Nicknames for Wiliam
Names like Wiliam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
William Adam Liam Matthew Billy Jacob Daniel Nathan Charlie Michael Toby Bobby
Names related to Wiliam
More Germanic names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wiliam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wiliam, updated 20 October 2026.