Wilian

#10,613 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of William

Wilian has been given to 237 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #10,613 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Wilian, 2025

1 in 474,000

Wilian over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Wilian: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of William

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Wilian means

Wilian is a variant of William.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Wilian → William. The family’s meaning is “will + helmet”, recorded in English with the source elements wiljô and helmaz.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include William.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 237 boys were recorded with the name Wilian between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2007; its best national rank was #7,105 in 1999.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,507 in 2020 to #10,613 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,575 in 2015 to #10,613 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Wilian?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,613; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Wilian sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wilian. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wilians were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wilian was born before 2008 — so the typical Wilian is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 34.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 78.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 237; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 34.2% of all recorded uses (81).

Is Wilian rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,650; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,106; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −38; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 70.0%; Peak was 2007 (10)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,105; 1999

Spellings of Wilian

Wilian is not the most common spelling — William is, with 90.8% against Wilian's <0.01%.

William90.8%4,199,696
Julian5.7%264,985
Wilson1.1%48,807
Milan0.40%18,608
Killian0.35%16,219
Elian0.33%15,268
Wilton0.19%8,653
Dillan0.15%6,994

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Wilian by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,613
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,106
Best rank ever: #7,105; 1999
Peak year: 2007; 10 that year
First recorded: 1989
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 237
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Wilian

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Willian Wilman Wilver Wilkes Willow Wilmar Willson Wilde Tyrian Willim Sufian Willey Aarian Dacian Tilian Zorian Wildon Calian Wilkie Willliam Wilmon Balian Wiliam Josian

Sibling names for Wilian

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Sydnie Rhianna Alysa Sydni Jaiden Jazmyne Gabriel

For a brother

Aaden Kale Jarod Keven Jamarcus Gavyn Nevin Zakary

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