Will

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Will first appears in the U.S. data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1888 with 707 babies (rank #28 that year). In 2024 it was given to 153 boys (rank #1,283). The name has been declining over the last five years.
46,439
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
707
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1880588#27
1881550#26
1882666#25
1883576#29
1884650#28
1885625#27
1886642#27
1887561#30
1888707#28
1889631#30
1890613#30
1891520#34
1892607#34
1893538#37
1894559#39
1895485#44
1896508#44
1897491#44
1898475#48
1899414#48
1900603#43
1901364#53
1902359#64
1903293#75
1904287#81
1905286#86
1906253#92
1907260#97
1908274#96
1909267#100
1910278#113
1911230#149
1912256#214
1913280#224
1914319#239
1915362#249
1916362#263
1917339#282
1918363#280
1919373#273
1920368#295
1921373#291
1922358#302
1923370#291
1924354#304
1925367#299
1926333#311
1927300#331
1928323#313
1929277#333
1930259#356
1931237#366
1932242#359
1933224#362
1934215#370
1935305#311
1936233#354
1937230#355
1938231#372
1939226#378
1940209#396
1941226#382
1942220#414
1943206#439
1944235#397
1945191#431
1946207#443
1947209#467
1948239#434
1949220#449
1950224#445
1951191#491
1952211#484
1953209#487
1954207#504
1955157#587
1956192#550
1957217#525
1958183#573
1959207#546
1960225#530
1961225#529
1962201#556
1963242#515
1964235#512
1965196#547
1966205#532
1967167#586
1968213#521
1969192#567
1970230#533
1971207#565
1972185#587
1973207#546
1974224#535
1975224#537
1976224#539
1977226#558
1978233#544
1979272#509
1980270#521
1981233#561
1982262#529
1983223#566
1984205#592
1985201#618
1986204#627
1987233#597
1988241#609
1989277#590
1990289#590
1991295#593
1992252#653
1993268#629
1994248#660
1995266#637
1996280#622
1997268#634
1998339#578
1999422#506
2000447#510
2001389#550
2002403#549
2003433#535
2004452#528
2005503#494
2006473#534
2007457#564
2008432#585
2009457#577
2010396#623
2011357#664
2012352#674
2013315#740
2014313#755
2015270#834
2016277#825
2017239#900
2018242#896
2019217#983
2020234#942
2021199#1,074
2022178#1,161
2023185#1,139
2024153#1,283