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.

Wille*

#8,177 most common boys' name of all time · #20,627 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1907–1979 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#8,177
Rank overall
#20,627 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
407
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1929 #1,897
Best rank
#1,344 1907
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
192019401960

Wille first appears in 1907. 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
1979 — 5 5 #6,187
1970 — 5 5 #4,854
1967 — 5 5 #4,087
1966 — 5 5 #4,071
1964 — 5 5 #4,156
1963 — 5 5 #4,172
1962 — 11 11 #2,572
1961 — 6 6 #3,755
1960 — 5 5 #4,174
1959 — 8 8 #3,116
1957 — 6 6 #3,686
1955 — 8 8 #3,052
1954 — 12 12 #2,376
1951 — 11 11 #2,421
1950 — 11 11 #2,366
1949 — 13 13 #2,179
1948 — 6 6 #3,413
1947 — 5 5 #3,857
1946 — 10 10 #2,465
1945 — 6 6 #3,111
1944 — 9 9 #2,547
1943 — 6 6 #3,338
1941 — 9 9 #2,570
1940 — 11 11 #2,256
1938 — 8 8 #2,734
1934 — 6 6 #3,396
1932 — 6 6 #3,476
1931 — 9 9 #2,744
1930 — 6 6 #3,716
1929 5 17 22 #1,897
1928 — 7 7 #3,450
1927 — 8 8 #3,240
1926 — 8 8 #3,208
1925 — 12 12 #2,507
1924 7 6 13 #3,971
1923 — 10 10 #2,840
1922 — 5 5 #4,427
1921 6 7 13 #3,610
1920 — 6 6 #3,913
1919 5 6 11 #3,828
1918 — 6 6 #3,822
1917 — 9 9 #2,812
1916 5 6 11 #3,618
1915 — 8 8 #2,912
1914 6 5 11 #3,384
1913 — 5 5 #2,974
1912 7 — 7 —
1910 — 5 5 #1,773
1909 — 6 6 #1,426
1907 — 6 6 #1,344