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.

Williard

#4,559 most common boys' name of all time · #11,240 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1884–1982

Rank among boys
#4,559
Rank overall
#11,240 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
1,086
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1915 #774
Best rank
#693 1903
Girls Boys peak 61/yr
19001920194019601980

Williard first appears in 1884. 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
1982 5 5 #6,456
1981 5 5 #6,334
1978 6 6 #5,110
1977 6 6 #5,174
1974 5 5 #5,293
1973 8 8 #3,739
1971 7 7 #4,029
1970 8 8 #3,563
1969 6 6 #3,992
1968 6 6 #3,743
1967 9 9 #2,801
1966 7 7 #3,293
1965 13 13 #2,295
1964 6 6 #3,658
1963 8 8 #3,086
1962 7 7 #3,359
1961 9 9 #2,939
1960 9 9 #2,911
1959 7 7 #3,340
1958 8 8 #3,072
1957 6 6 #3,621
1956 6 6 #3,582
1955 7 7 #3,246
1954 10 10 #2,625
1953 7 7 #3,195
1952 13 13 #2,185
1951 7 7 #3,114
1949 13 13 #2,155
1948 8 8 #2,826
1947 8 8 #2,907
1946 9 9 #2,570
1945 11 11 #2,160
1944 11 11 #2,228
1943 10 10 #2,445
1942 16 16 #1,827
1941 17 17 #1,715
1940 9 9 #2,520
1939 21 21 #1,472
1938 8 8 #2,692
1937 10 10 #2,367
1936 12 12 #2,105
1935 10 10 #2,433
1934 8 8 #2,800
1933 11 11 #2,252
1932 23 23 #1,487
1931 17 17 #1,796
1930 16 16 #1,912
1929 25 25 #1,460
1928 34 34 #1,239
1927 20 20 #1,765
1926 21 21 #1,688
1925 20 20 #1,766
1924 32 32 #1,296
1923 28 28 #1,398
1922 28 28 #1,415
1921 26 26 #1,489
1920 30 30 #1,337
1919 48 48 #983
1918 5 32 37 #1,248
1917 34 34 #1,161
1916 43 43 #978
1915 61 61 #774
1914 28 28 #1,085
1913 18 18 #1,230
1912 19 19 #1,084
1911 5 5 #1,824
1910 8 8 #1,268
1909 8 8 #1,125
1907 9 9 #978
1905 6 6 #1,187
1904 6 6 #1,146
1903 12 12 #693
1901 5 5 #1,159
1900 6 6 #1,253
1899 9 9 #777
1894 6 6 #1,051
1884 5 5 #1,124