NameTides

Willem

Willem was the #2,572 boys' name in the US in 2025 (51 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #916 in Canada.

Willem as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Willem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Willem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,572 (51)#3,256 (6)#916 (28)
2024#2,637 (50)#2,922 (7)#1,246 (18)
2023#2,575 (51)#2,814 (7)#854 (28)
2022#2,517 (54)#2,530 (8)#862 (29)
2021#1,982 (75)#2,493 (8)#997 (23)
2020#2,264 (60)#2,404 (8)#943 (24)
2019#1,938 (76)#1,745 (13)#882 (26)
2018#2,210 (62)#1,533 (16)#858 (27)
2017#2,319 (56)#2,324 (9)#731 (34)
2016#2,028 (70)#1,627 (15)#738 (34)
2015#2,086 (67)#1,380 (18)#690 (37)
2014#1,730 (87)#1,560 (15)#833 (28)
2013#1,709 (86)#1,462 (16)#611 (43)
2012#1,799 (82)#1,270 (20)#813 (28)
2011#1,886 (74)#1,124 (23)#722 (32)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2003 at #1,205.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.

How common is it?

about 1 in 33,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 33,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Willem is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 39,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 31,000 to 1 in 50,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Willem by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Willem (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#96411

Willem (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WillemCanadaBoys#91628
WillemEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
WillemNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WillemUSBoys#2,57251