Willliam
Boy · WIL-yam · Germanic
Willliam is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “will and helmet”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Willliam mean?
Germanic: spelling of William; via Norman French
“will and helmet”
Brought to England by William the Conqueror in 1066; it has been borne by four English and British kings.
- Say it
- WIL-yam
Meaning borrowed from William. More on Wiktionary.
Is Willliam a girl's or a boy's name?
Willliam 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 Willliam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Willliam, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2006, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.
2025 had more boys named Willliam than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Willliam in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 10,552 boys in the US were given Willliam or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #13, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
- William 10,545
- Willliam 7
Willliam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
Nicknames for Willliam
Names like Willliam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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