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Will Name Popularity

How popular is the name Will? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 105 256 0.0727%
1911 134 209 0.0561%
1912 204 236 0.0468%
1913 215 258 0.0455%
1914 233 292 0.0419%
1915 250 327 0.036%
1916 260 325 0.0336%
1917 271 318 0.0318%
1918 276 334 0.0311%
1919 269 348 0.0332%
1920 282 352 0.0317%
1921 284 349 0.0305%
1922 296 332 0.0298%
1923 286 348 0.0311%
1924 297 334 0.0288%
1925 299 326 0.0288%
1926 304 310 0.0282%
1927 325 276 0.0249%
1928 312 289 0.027%
1929 332 241 0.0233%
1930 344 229 0.0219%
1931 353 207 0.021%
1932 339 226 0.0229%
1933 347 203 0.0218%
1934 361 191 0.0198%
1935 305 280 0.0288%
1936 358 192 0.0199%
1937 345 204 0.0207%
1938 351 211 0.0206%
1939 360 204 0.0201%
1940 394 173 0.0163%
1941 378 194 0.0172%
1942 402 186 0.0147%
1943 421 174 0.0133%
1944 383 209 0.0169%
1945 418 162 0.0133%
1946 433 175 0.0119%
1947 456 173 0.0104%
1948 430 203 0.0127%
1949 450 176 0.0109%
1950 439 184 0.0114%
1951 469 166 0.0098%
1952 462 190 0.0109%
1953 483 166 0.0094%
1954 525 144 0.0079%
1955 571 122 0.0066%
1956 531 158 0.0084%
1957 527 171 0.0089%
1958 560 139 0.0074%
1959 556 153 0.0081%
1960 540 172 0.0091%
1961 538 173 0.0092%
1962 553 155 0.0084%
1963 528 186 0.0104%
1964 505 196 0.0111%
1965 552 145 0.0089%
1966 539 156 0.01%
1967 572 127 0.0084%
1968 534 153 0.0102%
1969 566 144 0.0093%
1970 537 178 0.0112%
1971 577 154 0.0102%
1972 598 129 0.0095%
1973 561 155 0.012%
1974 521 178 0.0137%
1975 544 169 0.0132%
1976 556 165 0.0128%
1977 570 168 0.0125%
1978 559 177 0.0132%
1979 535 204 0.0145%
1980 524 218 0.0149%
1981 571 180 0.0122%
1982 541 207 0.0139%
1983 575 167 0.0113%
1984 621 137 0.0092%
1985 671 122 0.008%
1986 635 151 0.01%
1987 603 176 0.0115%
1988 622 186 0.0119%
1989 614 212 0.0131%
1990 603 233 0.0141%
1991 614 232 0.0142%
1992 679 186 0.0117%
1993 628 223 0.0143%
1994 667 196 0.0128%
1995 655 209 0.0139%
1996 623 230 0.0154%
1997 645 210 0.0142%
1998 575 294 0.0196%
1999 509 380 0.0254%
2000 504 408 0.0267%
2001 553 341 0.0226%
2002 555 359 0.024%
2003 540 384 0.0252%
2004 526 412 0.027%
2005 489 467 0.0305%
2006 528 437 0.0279%
2007 565 417 0.0264%
2008 582 388 0.0251%
2009 568 419 0.028%
2010 602 363 0.0252%
2011 669 301 0.0211%
2012 660 312 0.0219%
2013 728 263 0.0185%
2014 755 256 0.0176%
2015 814 214 0.0147%
2016 803 225 0.0156%
2017 867 182 0.013%
2018 860 183 0.0133%
2019 974 143 0.0106%
2020 988 160 0.0126%
2021 1,083 141 0.0115%
2022 1,153 127 0.0096%

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What names sound like Will?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Wil

English

Willi

Will helmet, protection

German

Willy

Will helmet, protection

German

What names are similar to Will?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Gill

Servant

Irish

Hill

English

Sill

Beam, threshold

English

Till

Power of the tribe

German

Wild

Hunter

German

Wills

Will helmet, protection

German

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4 Comments

  1. my name is will:)

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  2. Will has always been a favourite boys name of mine. I’m British, so it seemed a strong, bold British name. It was also the name of the English Rugby team Captain when I was a teen–he was quite a sporting hero–so the name conjured sentiments of honour and duty and strength.
    Then lo and behold my husband, who everyone calls ‘Matt’, was actually a William Matthew, and his father was before him, so we satisfied family tradition but I also got what I wanted!

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  3. His father named him after his great grandfather! I really wanted a different name tho but he is a gorgeous boy!

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  4. William Rufus McGowan III is Wills full name & it took me 3 weeks after he was born to finally cave in and name him after his Dad and grandpa. ?

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