Willem

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Willem: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Willem: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #694, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#694highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1104
1997	#694
1998	#738
1999	#809
2000	#1096
2001	#910
2002	#907
2003	#813
2004	#875
2005	#891
2006	#984
2007	#799
2008	#818
2009	#923
2010	#1109
2011	#1124
2012	#1270
2013	#1462
2014	#1560
2015	#1380
2016	#1627
2017	#2324
2018	#1533
2019	#1745
2020	#2404
2021	#2493
2022	#2529
2023	#2813
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1104 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #694 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Willem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Willem in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	77	4 of 10	19
2000sbusiest	243	10 of 10	24
2010s	169	10 of 10	17
2020s	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Willem appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #694 in England and Wales in 1997.

Willem's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1109	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#923	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#818	34	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#799	33	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#984	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#891	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#875	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#813	25	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#910	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#809	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#738	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#694	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1104	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #694, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
34births registered in its largest year, 200825 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ahsan · #694, 29y
Azeem · #694, 29y
Suhail · #694, 26y
Tanvir · #694, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ahsan · #694, 29y
Azeem · #694, 29y
Suhail · #694, 26y
Tanvir · #694, 25y

Willem was ranked #694 in England and Wales · Boys in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Willem and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Willem without appearing here.

Willem moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2529 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.
Brett Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2529 and #3449.

Moved ahead of Willem

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #1461.
Henrik Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1627 and #1704 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #1247.
Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1745 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2404 and #1548.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1124 and #1398 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1270 and #569.

Moved the opposite way to Willem

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willem went from #1104 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willem went from #1104 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willem went from #1104 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willem went from #1104 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Willem

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willem went from #1104 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willem went from #1104 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willem went from #1104 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willem went from #1104 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #694 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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