Willam
Boy · WIL-um · Germanic
Willam is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “will + helmet, protection”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Willam mean?
Germanic: variant spelling of William
“will + helmet, protection”
A variant spelling of William, from Germanic wil 'will, desire' and helm 'helmet, protection'.
- Say it
- WIL-um
Is Willam a girl's or a boy's name?
Willam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Willam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Willam, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1959, with 76 boys.
Half of all the boys named Willam in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were given Willam or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,060, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
- Willem 51
- Willam 5
Willam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,870 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,569 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,410 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,116 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,359 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,218 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,036 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1961 | 67 | #932 |
| 1960 | 63 | #950 |
| 1959 | 76 | #874 |
| 1958 | 61 | #968 |
| 1957 | 61 | #970 |
| 1956 | 62 | #945 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,053 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,028 |
| 1953 | 58 | #938 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,181 |
| 1951 | 49 | #1,004 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,172 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,080 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,003 |
| 1945 | 66 | #753 |
| 1944 | 58 | #824 |
| 1943 | 57 | #885 |
| 1942 | 53 | #910 |
| 1941 | 59 | #828 |
| 1940 | 51 | #881 |
| 1939 | 54 | #829 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,030 |
| 1937 | 46 | #922 |
| 1936 | 53 | #832 |
| 1935 | 45 | #940 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,007 |
| 1933 | 54 | #843 |
| 1932 | 59 | #829 |
| 1931 | 59 | #816 |
| 1930 | 60 | #841 |
| 1929 | 67 | #788 |
| 1928 | 59 | #862 |
| 1927 | 60 | #872 |
| 1926 | 51 | #955 |
| 1925 | 57 | #890 |
| 1924 | 63 | #865 |
| 1923 | 51 | #961 |
| 1922 | 60 | #891 |
| 1921 | 49 | #1,002 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,073 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,207 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,094 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,092 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,176 |
| 1915 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,073 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,173 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,223 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 10 | #951 |
| 1908 | 12 | #779 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 10 | #700 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 10 | #722 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 14 | #509 |
| 1892 | 13 | #571 |
| 1891 | 11 | #564 |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 11 | #609 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 9 | #644 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1881 | 10 | #563 |
| 1880 | 13 | #505 |
Nicknames for Willam
- Will 13 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Willam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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