Wilhelm

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Wilhelm is a German given name, and a cognate of the English name William. The feminine form is Wilhelmine.

From Wikipedia

Wilhelm first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1959 with 138 babies (rank #131 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Wilhelm

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Wilhelm yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,456
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
138
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1955117#131
1956132#119
1957126#131
1958124#134
1959138#131
1960116#147
1961114#165
1962110#163
1963125#154
196497#190
196597#189
196677#213
196788#197
196882#206
196973#231
197058#267
197169#231
197250#277
197339#301
197439#307
197538#310
197629#359
197730#353
197819#447
197927#373
198026#403
198126#407
198220#477
198321#445
198413#591
198516#550
198625#443
198717#553
198823#496
198926#480
199018#569
199115#627
199212#681
199321#549
199412#703
199518#578
19969#793
199715#638
199810#773
19997#896
20007#910
200111#755
20026#978
20035#1,045
20046#963
20055#1,026
20064#1,124
20075#1,001
20087#883
20099#769
20106#919
20124#1,036
201312#640
20145#932