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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Wm

Wm was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1888, when it ranked 376th; the most babies were born in 1916 (85). More babies were named Wm in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
191685 babies
Total since 1880
2,736babies recorded

Wm popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 86 since 1915.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#5,36210
1980#1,90930
1970#1,35039
1960#4,5905
1950——
1940#2,8668
1930#2,17614
1920#79172
1910#50032
1900#55420
1890#40421
1880#50314

How popular is Wm, counting every spelling?

Wm has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Wm?

About 700 people born in the US named Wm are alive today, with a median age of 49; half are between 43 and 56. That makes Wm mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Wm by state

How common Wm was among boys born in each state in 1914–1918, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Illinois (1.6×), Ohio (1.5×). In 40 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesIL0.14Michigan: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMI0.04New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesIA0.18Indiana: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesIN0.12Ohio: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesOH0.13Pennsylvania: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesPA0.08New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesUT0.26Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMO0.09Kentucky: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesKY0.19West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesVA0.05Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Wm, boys, 1914–1918. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Wm: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Wm, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Wm

How popular is the name Wm?

Wm was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1888, when it ranked 376th; the most babies were born in 1916 (85). More babies were named Wm in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Wm a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 86 girls and 2,650 boys.

Where was Wm most popular?

In 1914–1918, Wm was most common in Utah (0.26 per 1,000 boys), followed by Kentucky and Iowa.