Will Boy
How popular is Will?
#1,193 boy name in 2025
170 baby boys were named Will in the US in 2025, making it the 1193rd most popular boy name.
Will popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,193 for boys (▲ 93 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 170 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #831 in 2015, #935 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1888 (707 boys) |
| Highest rank | #25 in 1882 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Will counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Will family of names ranked #1,062 for boys in 2025 (#1,112 the year before), with 175 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Will | 170 | 97% |
| Wil | 5 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Will is most popular
Babies named Will per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.5 per 1,000 (51 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.3 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.3 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- South Dakota: 0.3 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Kansas: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 boys)
Will by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6,196 | #25 |
| 1890s | 5,210 | #30 |
| 1900s | 3,246 | #43 |
| 1910s | 3,162 | #113 |
| 1920s | 3,423 | #291 |
| 1930s | 2,402 | #311 |
| 1940s | 2,161 | #382 |
| 1950s | 1,999 | #444 |
| 1960s | 2,100 | #511 |
| 1970s | 2,232 | #505 |
| 1980s | 2,349 | #516 |
| 1990s | 2,927 | #505 |
| 2000s | 4,446 | #492 |
| 2010s | 2,978 | #622 |
| 2020s | 1,121 | #935 |
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Questions
- Is Will a boy or girl name?
- Will is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Will were boys.
- How popular is the name Will?
- 170 baby boys were named Will in the US in 2025, making it the 1193rd most popular boy name.
- When was Will most popular?
- Will peaked in 1888, when 707 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #25 in 1882.
- How many people are named Will?
- 46,610 babies have been named Will in the US since 1880. We estimate about 20,230 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Will most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Will was most common in Utah, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.