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Wil

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Wil is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
70.00% of boys
Peak year
200548 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1953
1,089people given the name
Babies named Wil, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,089 boys have been named Wil in the United States since 1953, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 48 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2000s alone account for 33%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Wil
1950s5
1960s32
1970s63
1980s126
1990s312
2000s358
2010s153
2020s40

In 2005, its biggest year

Wil was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2005 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2005.

Names that rose and fell with Wil

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.