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.

Willem

#2,535 most common boys' name of all time · #6,102 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2025

Rank among boys
#2,535
Rank overall
#6,102 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
2,840
Since 2016
605
Peak year
2003 #1,207
Best rank
#1,207 2003
Girls Boys peak 122/yr
192019401960198020002020

Willem first appears in 1916. 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 51 51 #2,575
2024 50 50 #2,644
2023 51 51 #2,582
2022 54 54 #2,530
2021 75 75 #1,984
2020 60 60 #2,270
2019 76 76 #1,942
2018 62 62 #2,213
2017 56 56 #2,328
2016 70 70 #2,033
2015 67 67 #2,091
2014 87 87 #1,732
2013 86 86 #1,714
2012 82 82 #1,801
2011 74 74 #1,894
2010 83 83 #1,782
2009 71 71 #1,977
2008 98 98 #1,606
2007 105 105 #1,510
2006 103 103 #1,482
2005 107 107 #1,392
2004 112 112 #1,321
2003 122 122 #1,207
2002 109 109 #1,252
2001 79 79 #1,532
2000 96 96 #1,336
1999 75 75 #1,506
1998 68 68 #1,564
1997 53 53 #1,798
1996 46 46 #1,942
1995 35 35 #2,266
1994 44 44 #1,900
1993 40 40 #2,018
1992 30 30 #2,426
1991 25 25 #2,703
1990 27 27 #2,514
1989 32 32 #2,165
1988 11 11 #4,241
1987 7 7 #5,593
1986 7 7 #5,475
1985 8 8 #4,814
1984 10 10 #4,000
1983 7 7 #5,042
1982 12 12 #3,543
1981 10 10 #3,947
1980 8 8 #4,609
1979 10 10 #3,881
1978 5 5 #5,992
1977 7 7 #4,732
1976 6 6 #5,133
1975 12 12 #3,144
1974 5 5 #5,420
1971 11 11 #3,048
1970 6 6 #4,408
1969 9 9 #3,184
1968 6 6 #3,869
1967 10 10 #2,687
1966 6 6 #3,731
1965 5 5 #4,133
1964 6 6 #3,819
1963 10 10 #2,773
1962 5 5 #4,300
1961 6 6 #3,851
1960 8 8 #3,220
1958 9 9 #2,958
1957 8 8 #3,169
1956 8 8 #3,122
1952 5 5 #4,010
1941 5 5 #3,839
1932 5 5 #4,102
1927 8 8 #3,389
1922 5 5 #4,633
1921 5 5 #4,688
1916 8 8 #3,176