Will
#527 most common boys' name of all time · #1,147 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#527
Rank overall
#1,147 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
46,610
Since 2016
2,096
Peak year
1888 #28
Best rank
#25 1882
Girls
Boys
peak 712/yr
Will is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 170 | 170 | #1,193 |
| 2024 | — | 153 | 153 | #1,286 |
| 2023 | — | 185 | 185 | #1,137 |
| 2022 | — | 178 | 178 | #1,156 |
| 2021 | — | 200 | 200 | #1,067 |
| 2020 | — | 235 | 235 | #935 |
| 2019 | — | 217 | 217 | #981 |
| 2018 | — | 242 | 242 | #894 |
| 2017 | — | 239 | 239 | #899 |
| 2016 | — | 277 | 277 | #823 |
| 2015 | — | 270 | 270 | #831 |
| 2014 | — | 313 | 313 | #754 |
| 2013 | — | 315 | 315 | #740 |
| 2012 | — | 352 | 352 | #671 |
| 2011 | — | 357 | 357 | #662 |
| 2010 | — | 396 | 396 | #622 |
| 2009 | — | 457 | 457 | #577 |
| 2008 | — | 432 | 432 | #585 |
| 2007 | — | 457 | 457 | #563 |
| 2006 | — | 473 | 473 | #533 |
| 2005 | — | 503 | 503 | #492 |
| 2004 | — | 452 | 452 | #528 |
| 2003 | — | 433 | 433 | #535 |
| 2002 | — | 403 | 403 | #549 |
| 2001 | — | 389 | 389 | #550 |
| 2000 | — | 447 | 447 | #510 |
| 1999 | — | 422 | 422 | #505 |
| 1998 | — | 339 | 339 | #578 |
| 1997 | — | 268 | 268 | #633 |
| 1996 | — | 280 | 280 | #620 |
| 1995 | — | 266 | 266 | #635 |
| 1994 | — | 248 | 248 | #659 |
| 1993 | — | 268 | 268 | #628 |
| 1992 | — | 252 | 252 | #651 |
| 1991 | — | 295 | 295 | #593 |
| 1990 | — | 289 | 289 | #590 |
| 1989 | — | 277 | 277 | #589 |
| 1988 | — | 241 | 241 | #605 |
| 1987 | — | 233 | 233 | #593 |
| 1986 | — | 204 | 204 | #625 |
| 1985 | — | 201 | 201 | #615 |
| 1984 | — | 204 | 204 | #592 |
| 1983 | — | 223 | 223 | #564 |
| 1982 | — | 262 | 262 | #527 |
| 1981 | — | 233 | 233 | #561 |
| 1980 | — | 271 | 271 | #516 |
| 1979 | — | 273 | 273 | #505 |
| 1978 | 5 | 232 | 237 | #544 |
| 1977 | — | 226 | 226 | #556 |
| 1976 | — | 224 | 224 | #538 |
| 1975 | — | 224 | 224 | #535 |
| 1974 | — | 224 | 224 | #534 |
| 1973 | — | 207 | 207 | #543 |
| 1972 | — | 185 | 185 | #585 |
| 1971 | — | 207 | 207 | #564 |
| 1970 | — | 230 | 230 | #532 |
| 1969 | — | 192 | 192 | #566 |
| 1968 | — | 213 | 213 | #520 |
| 1967 | — | 167 | 167 | #585 |
| 1966 | — | 205 | 205 | #531 |
| 1965 | — | 196 | 196 | #547 |
| 1964 | — | 235 | 235 | #511 |
| 1963 | — | 242 | 242 | #515 |
| 1962 | — | 200 | 200 | #557 |
| 1961 | — | 225 | 225 | #529 |
| 1960 | — | 225 | 225 | #527 |
| 1959 | — | 207 | 207 | #545 |
| 1958 | — | 183 | 183 | #572 |
| 1957 | 6 | 217 | 223 | #524 |
| 1956 | — | 192 | 192 | #547 |
| 1955 | — | 158 | 158 | #583 |
| 1954 | 9 | 207 | 216 | #503 |
| 1953 | — | 209 | 209 | #486 |
| 1952 | — | 211 | 211 | #484 |
| 1951 | 6 | 191 | 197 | #490 |
| 1950 | 6 | 224 | 230 | #445 |
| 1949 | — | 220 | 220 | #449 |
| 1948 | — | 238 | 238 | #434 |
| 1947 | 6 | 209 | 215 | #466 |
| 1946 | — | 207 | 207 | #442 |
| 1945 | — | 191 | 191 | #431 |
| 1944 | 6 | 235 | 241 | #396 |
| 1943 | 9 | 205 | 214 | #439 |
| 1942 | 9 | 221 | 230 | #413 |
| 1941 | 6 | 226 | 232 | #382 |
| 1940 | 5 | 209 | 214 | #396 |
| 1939 | 8 | 226 | 234 | #377 |
| 1938 | 10 | 231 | 241 | #371 |
| 1937 | 14 | 230 | 244 | #355 |
| 1936 | 13 | 233 | 246 | #353 |
| 1935 | 6 | 305 | 311 | #311 |
| 1934 | 10 | 215 | 225 | #370 |
| 1933 | 9 | 224 | 233 | #362 |
| 1932 | 11 | 242 | 253 | #358 |
| 1931 | 11 | 237 | 248 | #365 |
| 1930 | 12 | 259 | 271 | #354 |
| 1929 | 14 | 277 | 291 | #333 |
| 1928 | 19 | 323 | 342 | #312 |
| 1927 | 14 | 300 | 314 | #330 |
| 1926 | 23 | 333 | 356 | #310 |
| 1925 | 18 | 367 | 385 | #299 |
| 1924 | 9 | 354 | 363 | #304 |
| 1923 | 17 | 370 | 387 | #291 |
| 1922 | 24 | 358 | 382 | #301 |
| 1921 | 18 | 373 | 391 | #291 |
| 1920 | 14 | 368 | 382 | #294 |
| 1919 | 23 | 373 | 396 | #273 |
| 1918 | 22 | 363 | 385 | #280 |
| 1917 | 21 | 339 | 360 | #281 |
| 1916 | 16 | 362 | 378 | #262 |
| 1915 | 19 | 362 | 381 | #249 |
| 1914 | 21 | 319 | 340 | #238 |
| 1913 | 11 | 280 | 291 | #222 |
| 1912 | 8 | 256 | 264 | #213 |
| 1911 | 5 | 230 | 235 | #146 |
| 1910 | 12 | 278 | 290 | #113 |
| 1909 | 8 | 267 | 275 | #99 |
| 1908 | 12 | 274 | 286 | #96 |
| 1907 | — | 260 | 260 | #96 |
| 1906 | 7 | 253 | 260 | #92 |
| 1905 | 9 | 286 | 295 | #85 |
| 1904 | 7 | 287 | 294 | #81 |
| 1903 | — | 293 | 293 | #74 |
| 1902 | 8 | 359 | 367 | #64 |
| 1901 | 7 | 364 | 371 | #53 |
| 1900 | 12 | 603 | 615 | #43 |
| 1899 | — | 414 | 414 | #48 |
| 1898 | 8 | 475 | 483 | #48 |
| 1897 | 7 | 491 | 498 | #44 |
| 1896 | — | 508 | 508 | #44 |
| 1895 | 6 | 485 | 491 | #44 |
| 1894 | — | 559 | 559 | #39 |
| 1893 | — | 538 | 538 | #37 |
| 1892 | 7 | 607 | 614 | #34 |
| 1891 | 5 | 520 | 525 | #34 |
| 1890 | — | 613 | 613 | #30 |
| 1889 | 6 | 631 | 637 | #30 |
| 1888 | 5 | 707 | 712 | #28 |
| 1887 | 9 | 561 | 570 | #30 |
| 1886 | 6 | 642 | 648 | #27 |
| 1885 | 5 | 625 | 630 | #27 |
| 1884 | — | 650 | 650 | #28 |
| 1883 | 5 | 576 | 581 | #29 |
| 1882 | 7 | 666 | 673 | #25 |
| 1881 | 7 | 550 | 557 | #26 |
| 1880 | — | 588 | 588 | #27 |