Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Wil

#4,541 most common boys' name of all time · #11,175 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1953–2025

Rank among boys
#4,541
Rank overall
#11,175 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,094
Since 2016
94
Peak year
2005 #2,412
Best rank
#2,108 1998
Girls Boys peak 48/yr
1960198020002020

Wil first appears in 1953. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,266
2024 — 7 7 #10,071
2023 — 6 6 #11,047
2022 — 12 12 #6,918
2021 — 8 8 #8,980
2020 — 7 7 #9,728
2019 — 10 10 #7,750
2018 — 7 7 #9,849
2017 — 13 13 #6,410
2016 — 19 19 #4,987
2015 — 19 19 #4,935
2014 — 12 12 #6,724
2013 — 18 18 #5,028
2012 — 15 15 #5,781
2011 — 15 15 #5,739
2010 — 25 25 #4,028
2009 — 19 19 #4,965
2008 — 25 25 #4,070
2007 — 38 38 #3,050
2006 — 40 40 #2,843
2005 — 48 48 #2,412
2004 — 38 38 #2,762
2003 — 47 47 #2,285
2002 — 27 27 #3,288
2001 — 36 36 #2,641
2000 — 40 40 #2,400
1999 — 42 42 #2,211
1998 — 44 44 #2,108
1997 — 25 25 #3,006
1996 — 29 29 #2,634
1995 — 29 29 #2,579
1994 — 30 30 #2,525
1993 — 24 24 #2,900
1992 — 33 33 #2,275
1991 — 26 26 #2,645
1990 — 30 30 #2,338
1989 — 26 26 #2,505
1988 — 30 30 #2,123
1987 — 15 15 #3,269
1986 — 15 15 #3,191
1985 — 11 11 #3,927
1984 — 10 10 #4,055
1982 — 6 6 #5,913
1981 — 6 6 #5,799
1980 — 7 7 #5,198
1979 — 7 7 #5,072
1978 — 5 5 #6,163
1977 — 6 6 #5,442
1976 — 5 5 #5,967
1974 — 6 6 #4,932
1973 — 7 7 #4,293
1972 — 8 8 #3,828
1971 — 7 7 #4,223
1970 — 12 12 #2,866
1968 — 6 6 #3,992
1965 — 6 6 #3,830
1964 — 5 5 #4,470
1963 — 10 10 #2,840
1960 — 5 5 #4,486
1953 — 5 5 #4,338