How Many People Are Named Guillermo?

28,071

people named Guillermo are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 12,175 people in the US has this name

Based on 32,148 babies named Guillermo in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,323

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#560

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Peak Year

1998

693 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish
Pronunciation: gee-YER-mo
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Spanish form of WILLIAM.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

WilhelmWillahelmGwilhermGuillemVilimVilémVilhelmWilhelmusWillemWilliamVilhelmoVillemVilhelmiViljamiGuillaume

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.3%
Male
99.7%

Almost all of the babies given the name Guillermo (99.7%) were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Guillermo alive today is about 32 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 44 in 2025.

Under 30 13,915
49.6%
30 to 59 11,683
41.6%
60 and over 2,473
8.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Guillermo first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1998, to 693 babies. In 2025, 264 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Guillermo has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #352, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #902.

Boys
Rank in 2025#902
Best rank#352 (1996)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#378 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Guillermo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Guillermo were born in California than in any other state: about 10,161 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Guillermo was given 3.6 times as often in Texas, 3.2 times in Arizona and 3.1 times in California.

California 10,161
Texas 7,067
Florida 1,364
New York 1,356
Arizona 1,284
Illinois 1,264
New Jersey 450
Georgia 298
Washington 293
Colorado 279
New Mexico 260
North Carolina 240
Nevada 198
Oregon 128
Virginia 104
Oklahoma 77
Michigan 75
Wisconsin 66
Utah 64
Kansas 60
Pennsylvania 57
Indiana 49
Massachusetts 42
Tennessee 38
Connecticut 30
Maryland 28
South Carolina 19
Minnesota 16
Arkansas 15
Nebraska 11
Ohio 10
Missouri 7
Idaho 5
Iowa 5
Alabama 5

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