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How popular is “Will” in the USA?

Number of people named “Will” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Will” 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 “Will” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Will” by birth year

This chart shows how “Will” 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
1880 588 0.002918346 588 -100%
1881 557 0.002890683 7 550 -97%
1882 673 0.003037922 7 666 -98%
1883 581 0.002678086 5 576 -98%
1884 650 0.002669832 650 -100%
1885 630 0.002615693 5 625 -98%
1886 648 0.002538031 6 642 -98%
1887 570 0.002304036 9 561 -97%
1888 712 0.002377502 5 707 -99%
1889 637 0.002204564 6 631 -98%
1890 613 0.002033835 613 -100%
1891 525 0.001831355 5 520 -98%
1892 614 0.001836267 7 607 -98%
1893 538 0.001654249 538 -100%
1894 559 0.001650477 559 -100%
1895 491 0.001398781 6 485 -98%
1896 508 0.001421043 508 -100%
1897 498 0.001435336 7 491 -97%
1898 483 0.001266204 8 475 -97%
1899 414 0.001220396 414 -100%
1900 615 0.001365884 12 603 -96%
1901 371 0.001072837 7 364 -96%
1902 367 0.000948975 8 359 -96%
1903 293 0.000768625 293 -100%
1904 294 0.000728652 7 287 -95%
1905 295 0.000695883 9 286 -94%
1906 260 0.000606837 7 253 -95%
1907 260 0.000558671 260 -100%
1908 286 0.000585287 12 274 -92%
1909 275 0.000537925 8 267 -94%
1910 290 0.000490934 12 278 -92%
1911 235 0.000364749 5 230 -96%
1912 264 0.00026719 8 256 -94%
1913 291 0.000255912 11 280 -92%
1914 340 0.000240055 21 319 -88%
1915 381 0.000207921 19 362 -90%
1916 378 0.000195408 16 362 -92%
1917 360 0.000179395 21 339 -88%
1918 385 0.000177329 22 363 -89%
1919 396 0.000187656 23 373 -88%
1920 382 0.000168829 14 368 -93%
1921 391 0.000167487 18 373 -91%
1922 382 0.000166874 24 358 -87%
1923 387 0.00016808 17 370 -91%
1924 363 0.000152418 9 354 -95%
1925 385 0.000165002 18 367 -91%
1926 356 0.000155059 23 333 -87%
1927 314 0.000135382 14 300 -91%
1928 342 0.000151265 19 323 -89%
1929 291 0.000132746 14 277 -90%
1930 271 0.000121892 12 259 -91%
1931 248 0.000117849 11 237 -91%
1932 253 0.000119832 11 242 -91%
1933 233 0.000116532 9 224 -92%
1934 225 0.000108339 10 215 -91%
1935 311 0.000148811 6 305 -96%
1936 246 0.000118407 13 233 -89%
1937 244 0.000114518 14 230 -89%
1938 241 0.000108923 10 231 -92%
1939 234 0.000106197 8 226 -93%
1940 214 0.000092935 5 209 -95%
1941 232 0.000095221 6 226 -95%
1942 229 0.000083827 9 220 -92%
1943 215 0.000076172 9 206 -92%
1944 241 0.000089588 6 235 -95%
1945 191 0.000071996 191 -100%
1946 207 0.000064783 207 -100%
1947 215 0.000059684 6 209 -94%
1948 239 0.000069225 239 -100%
1949 220 0.000063132 220 -100%
1950 230 0.000065651 6 224 -95%
1951 197 0.000053478 6 191 -94%
1952 211 0.000055555 211 -100%
1953 209 0.000054234 209 -100%
1954 216 0.000054262 9 207 -92%
1955 157 0.000039103 157 -100%
1956 192 0.000046568 192 -100%
1957 223 0.000053068 6 217 -95%
1958 183 0.000044268 183 -100%
1959 207 0.000049784 207 -100%
1960 225 0.000054167 225 -100%
1961 225 0.000054318 225 -100%
1962 201 0.00004981 201 -100%
1963 242 0.000061139 242 -100%
1964 235 0.000060449 235 -100%
1965 196 0.000054062 196 -100%
1966 205 0.000058982 205 -100%
1967 167 0.000049191 167 -100%
1968 213 0.000063047 213 -100%
1969 192 0.000055247 192 -100%
1970 230 0.000063773 230 -100%
1971 207 0.000060308 207 -100%
1972 185 0.000058861 185 -100%
1973 207 0.000068614 207 -100%
1974 224 0.000073684 224 -100%
1975 224 0.000074187 224 -100%
1976 224 0.000073823 224 -100%
1977 226 0.000071148 226 -100%
1978 238 0.000074987 5 233 -96%
1979 272 0.000081755 272 -100%
1980 270 0.000078386 270 -100%
1981 233 0.000067353 233 -100%
1982 262 0.000074687 262 -100%
1983 223 0.000064389 223 -100%
1984 205 0.00005876 205 -100%
1985 201 0.000056317 201 -100%
1986 204 0.00005735 204 -100%
1987 233 0.000064621 233 -100%
1988 241 0.000065223 241 -100%
1989 277 0.000072052 277 -100%
1990 289 0.000073119 289 -100%
1991 295 0.000075733 295 -100%
1992 252 0.000065603 252 -100%
1993 268 0.000071082 268 -100%
1994 248 0.000066709 248 -100%
1995 266 0.000072635 266 -100%
1996 280 0.000076771 280 -100%
1997 268 0.000073916 268 -100%
1998 339 0.000092164 339 -100%
1999 422 0.000114243 422 -100%
2000 447 0.000118257 447 -100%
2001 389 0.000103916 389 -100%
2002 403 0.000107803 403 -100%
2003 433 0.000113878 433 -100%
2004 452 0.000118296 452 -100%
2005 503 0.000130825 503 -100%
2006 473 0.00011956 473 -100%
2007 457 0.000114316 457 -100%
2008 432 0.000109905 432 -100%
2009 457 0.000119628 457 -100%
2010 396 0.00010715 396 -100%
2011 357 0.0000976 357 -100%
2012 352 0.000096244 352 -100%
2013 315 0.000086404 315 -100%
2014 313 0.000084449 313 -100%
2015 270 0.000072955 270 -100%
2016 277 0.000075504 277 -100%
2017 239 0.000066831 239 -100%
2018 242 0.00006883 242 -100%
2019 217 0.000062519 217 -100%
2020 234 0.000070048 234 -100%
2021 199 0.000058738 199 -100%
2022 178 0.000052614 178 -100%
2023 185 0.000055871 185 -100%
2024 153 0.000045967 153 -100%

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