Name Explorer
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Will + helmet; often resolute protector | 10,545#9 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Power of the army | 1,381#252 | Up 20 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Will or desire + helmet or protection, through William | 147#1,322 | Down 327 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Wagon maker | 422#655 | Up 120 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
West meadow or clearing | 5,578#52 | Up 46 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Brave in battle, through Wigheard | 6,480#38 | Down 9 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Animal enclosure; also a Norman place name | 1,471#240 | Up 103 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Welshman; foreigner | 241#964 | Down 45 rank positions in five years | 1923 | ||
Will or desire, combined with brave or firm | 47#2,759 | Up 44 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
Ford; also from Wada, linked with going | 948#344 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Western town or enclosure | 5,482#55 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Wild boar | 27#4,039 | Up 645 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Probably craft or cunning | 5,408#56 | Up 47 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
From Wendel, associated with the Vandals | 67#2,165 | Down 53 rank positions in five years | 1940 | ||
Will and protection, from William | 52#2,567 | Down 333 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Son of William | 405#673 | Down 17 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Fuller; one who treads wool | 4,204#78 | Up 128 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Will or desire | 170#1,195 | Down 254 rank positions in five years | 1888 | ||
Bright will | 20#5,030 | Down 1,120 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
Row of houses by a wood | 102#1,653 | Up 62 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Possibly Wine's town or from Wynnstan | 830#382 | Up 26 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Desiring peace | 29#3,843 | Up 68 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
From English place names; meaning varies | 165#1,226 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Will, desire and famous | 94#1,742 | Up 193 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Guard or watchman; also a short form of Edward or Howard | 44#2,876 | Down 190 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
Hill near a spring | 46#2,792 | Up 184 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Willow ford | 9#8,868 | Up 1,675 rank positions in five years | 1926 | ||
English surname transferred into given-name use | —Unranked | — | 1926 | ||
Western clearing, through Wesley | 453#619 | Up 128 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Traditionally friend of peace; first element unconfirmed | —Unranked | — | 1922 | ||
Will + peace, through Wilfred | 30#3,746 | Down 905 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
Surname transferred into given-name use | 15#6,115 | Up 896 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Descendant of Murnán | 137#1,365 | Up 131 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Wild, untamed, uncontrolled | 743#431 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded | 396#689 | Up 87 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Spring | 944#347 | Up 199 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded | 27#4,038 | Down 1,061 rank positions in five years | 1919 | ||
Short form of Wesley | 376#716 | Up 275 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Son of Wat | 224#1,011 | Down 408 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed | 40#3,085 | Up 48 rank positions in five years | 1950 | ||
Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed | 175#1,182 | Up 648 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Probably white island | 13#6,778 | Up 689 rank positions in five years | 1986 | ||
Stream town | 56#2,449 | Up 433 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
Power + thief | 6#11,902 | Up 27 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
Meadow, pasture + field | 8#9,655 | Down 967 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
Diminutive of Walter | 16#5,836 | Up 123 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed | 6#11,906 | new | 1936 | ||
Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed | —Unranked | — | 1928 | ||
Weaver | 12#7,161 | Down 151 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
Watch hill | —Unranked | — | 1950 |
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