Wm

Boy · recorded 1880–1992

  • 1992last recorded
  • 1909best year

Most popular in 1909.

Last recorded in 1992. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

012224418801908193619641992

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 101 recorded years as a table
Wm, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880127
1881149
1882158
1883153
1884192
1885213
1886135
1887148
1888207
1889109
1890189
189169
1892139
1893160
1894164
1895119
1896209
1897177
1898187
1899179
1900133
1901197
190298
1903210
190494
1905121
1906225
1907191
1908233
1909244
1910165
1911142
191291
191388
191481
191591
191695
191776
191879
191977
192068
192164
192262
192339
192455
192568
192662
192748
192835
192922
193013
19319
193214
193312
19346
193514
193613
193720
193816
19397
19407
19417
19429
19439
19447
19455
19464
19493
19553
19602
19612
19635
19643
19657
19667
196713
196816
196913
197021
197117
197216
197313
197417
197515
197616
197718
197813
197912
198017
198116
198221
198320
198417
198515
198613
198711
198813
19896
19905
19912
19923

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Wm isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1992
6
Rank in 1992
#7,422
How rare
1 in 332,901 boys
Since 1880
2,650

Wm was last recorded in 1992. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1909, at 244 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Wm doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.