How Many People Are Named Wil?
people named Wil are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 323,659 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,094 babies named Wil in Social Security records from 1953 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
48 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of WILLIAM and other names beginning with Wil.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Wil in English. Counting Wil and these spellings together, about 21,040 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Wil in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wil alive today is about 26 years old, and 65% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wil first appears in the records in 1953 and was given most often in 2005, to 48 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1953 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wil has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,121, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #13,792.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,792 |
| Best rank | #2,121 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,927 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wil alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wil were born in California than in any other state: about 13 of those alive today.
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