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.

Wm

#2,584 most common boys' name of all time · #6,232 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1880–1992

Rank among boys
#2,584
Rank overall
#6,232 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
2,736
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #633
Best rank
#375 1888
Girls Boys peak 91/yr
188019001920194019601980

Wm 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1992 — 6 6 #7,441
1991 — 5 5 #8,258
1990 — 10 10 #5,004
1989 — 13 13 #4,027
1988 — 25 25 #2,374
1987 — 21 21 #2,563
1986 — 24 24 #2,296
1985 — 28 28 #2,023
1984 — 30 30 #1,845
1983 — 35 35 #1,653
1982 — 39 39 #1,568
1981 — 28 28 #1,945
1980 — 30 30 #1,858
1979 — 21 21 #2,312
1978 — 21 21 #2,212
1977 — 29 29 #1,783
1976 — 25 25 #1,938
1975 — 23 23 #2,007
1974 — 27 27 #1,749
1973 — 21 21 #1,986
1972 — 26 26 #1,727
1971 — 30 30 #1,601
1970 — 39 39 #1,340
1969 — 24 24 #1,685
1968 — 28 28 #1,480
1967 — 22 22 #1,658
1966 — 13 13 #2,224
1965 — 13 13 #2,282
1964 — 5 5 #4,056
1963 — 10 10 #2,686
1961 — 5 5 #4,089
1960 — 5 5 #4,057
1955 — 6 6 #3,528
1949 — 5 5 #3,716
1946 — 6 6 #3,196
1945 — 7 7 #2,768
1944 — 9 9 #2,483
1943 — 13 13 #2,083
1942 — 12 12 #2,155
1941 — 9 9 #2,497
1940 — 8 8 #2,684
1939 — 8 8 #2,625
1938 — 18 18 #1,620
1937 — 21 21 #1,486
1936 — 14 14 #1,882
1935 — 15 15 #1,849
1934 — 6 6 #3,298
1933 — 12 12 #2,109
1932 — 15 15 #1,932
1931 — 9 9 #2,666
1930 7 14 21 #2,085
1929 — 24 24 #1,486
1928 — 39 39 #1,127
1927 — 54 54 #939
1926 — 69 69 #785
1925 8 76 84 #756
1924 10 62 72 #875
1923 8 43 51 #1,087
1922 8 67 75 #831
1921 10 70 80 #814
1920 10 72 82 #788
1919 6 75 81 #739
1918 — 80 80 #707
1917 7 70 77 #745
1916 6 85 91 #633
1915 6 77 83 #663
1914 — 53 53 #714
1913 — 45 45 #671
1912 — 39 39 #684
1911 — 32 32 #530
1910 — 32 32 #495
1909 — 40 40 #383
1908 — 36 36 #396
1907 — 28 28 #441
1906 — 30 30 #397
1905 — 16 16 #606
1904 — 12 12 #702
1903 — 25 25 #397
1902 — 12 12 #662
1901 — 21 21 #416
1900 — 20 20 #541
1899 — 19 19 #432
1898 — 23 23 #413
1897 — 20 20 #432
1896 — 25 25 #393
1895 — 14 14 #565
1894 — 19 19 #454
1893 — 18 18 #443
1892 — 17 17 #488
1891 — 7 7 #777
1890 — 21 21 #399
1889 — 12 12 #562
1888 — 25 25 #375
1887 — 15 15 #452
1886 — 15 15 #483
1885 — 23 23 #376
1884 — 22 22 #383
1883 — 16 16 #454
1882 — 18 18 #432
1881 — 15 15 #453
1880 — 14 14 #503