Masculine dossier · first seen 1916

Willem

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Willem
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2003

Peak rank proxy

122

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1916Peak 20032024

Peak year

2003

Decline from peak

59%

2024

All-time

2,788

Willem has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2003, when 122 boys were named Willem.

In 2024, only 50 boys were given the name.

Down 59% from its peak.

All told, about 2,788 Americans have been named Willem and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1916.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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