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Will

Pronounced /wɪl/

Rank in 2024
#1,278
Born in 2024
153
Peak year
1888 · #28
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 153 boys were named Will, about 1 in every 11,211.
  • It peaked in 1888 with 707 babies, ranked #28.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 45,781 boys have been named Will since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Will per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.5
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. 0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 8,628 babies, 0.52 per 1,000. Silent: 4,289 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,001 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,475 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,977 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,580 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,822 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Clipping of William or Willow, less often, other given names beginning with Wil-, such as Wilfred or Willard.

  • A diminutive of the male given name William or, less often, other given names beginning with Wil-, such as Wilfred or Willard, from the Germanic languages; also used as a formal given name.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Willow.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/wɪl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Will, CC BY-SA 4.0.