How Many People Are Named Wilhelm?
people named Wilhelm are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 287,214 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,828 babies named Wilhelm in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
38 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German cognate of WILLIAM. This was the name of two German Emperors. It was also the middle name of several philosophers from Germany: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), and Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716), who was also a notable mathematician.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Wilhelm in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wilhelm alive today is about 32 years old, and 53% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wilhelm first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2014, to 38 babies. In 2025, 26 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wilhelm has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #832, in 1885. In 2025 it ranked #4,132.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,132 |
| Best rank | #832 (1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,312 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wilhelm alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wilhelm were born in California than in any other state: about 14 of those alive today.
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