first name
WILL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 44,843 people named Will, 72.6% reported their origin as White, 13.4% as Black and 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Will peaked in 1888, when 712 babies got the name.
At least 46,610 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Will by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #84. The largest share of babies named Will, 26%, were born before 1901.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Will is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Will has been most common in Mississippi (7.2×), Alabama (4.3×), and Tennessee (2.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.15×).
26,414 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Will
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Will, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Will ranks #2,918 of 156,621, with 12,037 people. See Will as a last name
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