Wilhelm is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2014 and remains in steady use.
Wilhelm is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,133 for boy births in the United States (and #8,826 across all names), given to 26 babies. Wilhelm was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2014 (38 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | #4,133 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | #4,316 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | #5,456 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | #3,530 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | #4,234 |
| 2020 | 26 | 26 | #4,013 |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | #7,146 |
| 2018 | 29 | 29 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 24 | 24 | #4,323 |
| 2016 | 24 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | #4,701 |
| 2014 | 38 | 38 | #3,035 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | #4,968 |
| 2012 | 24 | 24 | #4,241 |
| 2011 | 16 | 16 | #5,664 |
| 2010 | 26 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2009 | 20 | 20 | #4,912 |
| 2008 | 20 | 20 | #4,893 |
| 2007 | 22 | 22 | #4,483 |
| 2006 | 17 | 17 | #5,294 |
| 2005 | 24 | 24 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 21 | 21 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 25 | 25 | #3,622 |
| 2002 | 22 | 22 | #3,903 |
| 2001 | 21 | 21 | #3,967 |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | #5,569 |
| 1999 | 18 | 18 | #4,158 |
| 1998 | 13 | 13 | #5,154 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | #5,276 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | #6,483 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | #5,911 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | #4,792 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | #5,345 |
| 1992 | 12 | — | #4,857 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | #4,220 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | #4,397 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #5,593 |
| 1988 | 16 | — | #3,344 |
| 1987 | 15 | — | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | #4,838 |
| 1985 | 15 | — | #3,214 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | #3,918 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #5,465 |
| 1982 | 21 | — | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | #4,490 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | #3,834 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #7,048 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | #3,611 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | #3,598 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #4,002 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #3,656 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | #3,829 |
| 1973 | 15 | — | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 14 | — | #2,655 |
| 1971 | 14 | — | #2,681 |
| 1970 | 26 | — | #1,741 |
| 1969 | 16 | — | #2,215 |
| 1968 | 15 | — | #2,195 |
| 1967 | 16 | — | #2,028 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | #2,776 |
| 1965 | 16 | — | #2,081 |
| 1964 | 18 | — | #1,973 |
| 1963 | 25 | — | #1,626 |
| 1962 | 19 | — | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 13 | — | #2,406 |
| 1960 | 19 | — | #1,909 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | #2,526 |
| 1958 | 16 | — | #2,089 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #2,490 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | #2,493 |
| 1955 | 12 | — | #2,430 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | #2,442 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #3,786 |
| 1952 | 17 | — | #1,936 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #4,241 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | #2,765 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #3,292 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #2,664 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #2,989 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #3,420 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #2,729 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #3,553 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #3,126 |
| 1940 | 15 | — | #1,891 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | #2,445 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #2,858 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #3,167 |
| 1936 | 13 | — | #2,059 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | #2,940 |
| 1934 | 12 | — | #2,262 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,538 |
| 1932 | 17 | — | #1,846 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | #2,647 |
| 1930 | 14 | — | #2,175 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | #2,094 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | #2,839 |
| 1927 | 13 | — | #2,402 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | #3,698 |
| 1925 | 13 | — | #2,429 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | #2,637 |
| 1923 | 12 | — | #2,610 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | #3,859 |
| 1921 | 17 | — | #2,056 |
| 1920 | 16 | — | #2,127 |
| 1919 | 15 | — | #2,148 |
| 1918 | 17 | — | #1,996 |
| 1917 | 26 | — | #1,394 |
| 1916 | 35 | — | #1,118 |
| 1915 | 21 | — | #1,551 |
| 1914 | 26 | — | #1,152 |
| 1913 | 18 | — | #1,249 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | #1,616 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | #1,735 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,309 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,271 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | #1,580 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,244 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,199 |
| 1902 | 8 | — | #930 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,503 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,197 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,239 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | #1,069 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,251 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,158 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #1,109 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | #1,065 |
| 1885 | 7 | — | #833 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #969 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #886 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #940 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #905 |