Boy
Will
Will is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2000s.
EtymologyShort for William
EtymologyMeaning "resolute protector"
Births by decade
1900s
3,316
1910s
3,320
1920s
3,592
1930s
2,508
1940s
2,201
1950s
2,026
1960s
2,103
1970s
2,237
1980s
2,350
1990s
2,927
2000s
4,445
2010s
2,513
Peaked in the 2000s · 33,538 total U.S. births since 1900