Wilian

Gender: Boy
Say it: WIL-yun
Origin: Germanic
US rank, 2025: #9,710 for boys

Wilian is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “will + helmet, protection”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).

What does Wilian mean?

Germanic: spelling of Willian; Portuguese spelling of William, used especially in Brazil

“will + helmet, protection”

A spelling of William that is especially common in Brazil.

Meaning borrowed from Willian.

Is Wilian a girl's or a boy's name?

Wilian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Wilian in the US?

Rank in 2025: 9,710th among boys
Babies in 2025: 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Wilian, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.

Half of all the boys named Wilian in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1989Busiest: 10 in 20072025

Wilian in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	7	#9,710
2024	6	#10,930
2023	10	#7,733
2022	7	#9,815
2021	9	#8,161
2020	8	#8,734
2019	10	#7,638
2018	7	#9,664
2017	0	–
2016	5	#12,180
2015	7	#9,562
2014	8	#8,775
2013	0	–
2012	10	#7,553
2011	10	#7,495
2010	6	#10,759
2009	8	#8,980
2008	9	#8,319
2007	10	#7,586
2006	9	#7,992
2005	8	#8,292
2004	8	#8,137
2003	7	#8,636
2002	9	#7,048
2001	8	#7,529
2000	5	#10,341
1999	9	#6,524
1998	6	#8,472
1997	8	#6,612
1996	6	#7,964
1995	6	#7,785
1994	0	–
1993	0	–
1992	0	–
1991	0	–
1990	6	#7,171
1989	5	#7,898