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How popular is “Wil” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wil” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Wil” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Wil” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Wil” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Wil” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Wil” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wil” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 -100%
1988 30 0.000008119 30 -100%
1989 26 0.000006763 26 -100%
1990 30 0.00000759 30 -100%
1991 26 0.000006675 26 -100%
1992 33 0.000008591 33 -100%
1993 24 0.000006366 24 -100%
1994 30 0.00000807 30 -100%
1995 29 0.000007919 29 -100%
1996 29 0.000007951 29 -100%
1997 25 0.000006895 25 -100%
1998 44 0.000011962 44 -100%
1999 42 0.00001137 42 -100%
2000 40 0.000010582 40 -100%
2001 36 0.000009617 36 -100%
2002 27 0.000007223 27 -100%
2003 47 0.000012361 47 -100%
2004 38 0.000009945 38 -100%
2005 48 0.000012484 48 -100%
2006 40 0.000010111 40 -100%
2007 38 0.000009506 38 -100%
2008 25 0.00000636 25 -100%
2009 19 0.000004974 19 -100%
2010 25 0.000006765 25 -100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2013 18 0.000004937 18 -100%
2014 12 0.000003238 12 -100%
2015 19 0.000005134 19 -100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 -100%
2017 13 0.000003635 13 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 -100%
2022 12 0.000003547 12 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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