Meaning and history
Will is a short form of William and other names beginning with Will. A famous bearer is American actor Will Smith (1968–), whose full first name is Willard.
20062006: 473 births, rank #533
2007: 457 births, rank #563
2008: 432 births, rank #585
2009: 457 births, rank #577
2010: 396 births, rank #622
20112011: 357 births, rank #662
2012: 352 births, rank #671
2013: 315 births, rank #740
2014: 313 births, rank #754
2015: 270 births, rank #831
20162016: 277 births, rank #823
2017: 239 births, rank #899
2018: 242 births, rank #894
2019: 217 births, rank #981
2020: 235 births, rank #935
20212021: 200 births, rank #1,067
2022: 178 births, rank #1,156
2023: 185 births, rank #1,137
2024: 153 births, rank #1,286
20252025: 170 births, rank #1,193
Will rose from #983 to #941 for boys between 2019 and 2020. Its highest annual birth count came in 1888, with 707 births.