first name
WILLAM
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,497 people named Willam, 77.7% reported their origin as White, 10.5% as Black and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Willam peaked in 1959, when 76 babies got the name.
At least 3,516 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.
Willam by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,258. The largest share of babies named Willam, 28.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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.
Exactly as common as Willam
2 other first names also have 6,497 people.
Either side of Willam
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Willam, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Willam ranks #131,805 of 156,621, with 134 people. See Willam as a last name
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