# Willian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/willian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,092 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,074 / 18 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 5 | 5,880 |
| 1925 | 8 | 4,018 |
| 1974 | 5 | 10,229 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 3,043 |
| 2012 | 23 | 4,381 |
| 2013 | 23 | 4,307 |
| 2014 | 19 | 5,055 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,702 |
| 2016 | 22 | 4,614 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,773 |
| 2018 | 27 | 3,986 |
| 2019 | 18 | 5,331 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,602 |
| 2021 | 17 | 5,548 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,618 |
| 2023 | 20 | 5,055 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5,884 |
| 2025 | 20 | 5,033 |

## People named Willian

- Willian, Brazilian association football player
- Willian Pacho, Ecuadorian association football player
- Willian Arão, Brazilian association football player
- Willian Popp, Brazilian association football player
- Willian Rocha, Brazilian association football player
- Willian Magrão, Brazilian association football player
- Willian Gomes de Siqueira, Brazilian footballer
- Willian Lira, Brazilian association football player
- Willian Gerlem, Brazilian footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.