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How popular is the name Wilhelm?
Births per year, rank history and how many Wilhelms are alive today.
Wilhelm (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2015 (ranked 4747th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2004, when 3 babies were given the name, the 3651st most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2012, with 3 babies given the name that year.
The Wilhelm you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Wilhelms born in England and Wales are between 10 and 24, and there are at least 64 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Wilhelm - on average, only one in every 4,735 such rooms contains a Wilhelm.
How many babies are named Wilhelm each year?
Where does Wilhelm rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Wilhelm most popular?
Wilhelm peaked in 2004, when 3 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Wilhelm?
At least 64 people named Wilhelm born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Wilhelm?
Most living Wilhelms are between 10 and 24; the most common age is about 10.
Is Wilhelm becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.