Willaim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIL-yum
- Origin
- Germanic
Willaim is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “will + helmet, protection”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Willaim mean?
Germanic: variant spelling of William
“will + helmet, protection”
A variant, probably a transposed spelling, of William.
Is Willaim a girl's or a boy's name?
Willaim is a boys' name.
How popular is Willaim in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1987, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Willaim in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
Willaim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,861 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 29 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 29 | #1,581 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 20 | #1,722 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,658 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,712 |
| 1961 | 25 | #1,601 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,727 |
| 1959 | 23 | #1,664 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 20 | #1,790 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,721 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,705 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,037 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,758 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,588 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,578 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,927 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,611 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,744 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,766 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 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 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
Nicknames for Willaim
- Will 13 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Willaim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Robert Walter Richard Frederick Raymond Charles Leonard Joseph Thomas Peter Philip Lewis
Names related to Willaim
More Germanic names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Willaim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/willaim, updated 20 October 2026.