How Many People Are Named Wills?
An estimated 52 people in the United States have the first name Wills. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 10 years old, and Wills peaked in popularity in 2021 with 12 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Wills as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Wills paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Wills is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
52
About 1 in 6,591,430 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
10
years old
Peak Year
2021
12 births
Total Registered
57
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Wills
Wills is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 57 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Wills as a male name
Ranked #14,077 in 2023
5 male births in 2023
Peak: 2021 (12 births)
Wills: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Wills span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 22 babies were registered. Wills remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Wills by Decade
How has Wills tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Wills + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Wills as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Wills
Other first names starting with W with a similar number of bearers.
Wills: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Wills?
We estimate approximately 52 people named Wills are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 6,591,430 Americans share this first name.
Is Wills a common name?
Wills is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 54.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 57 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Wills most popular?
Wills reached peak popularity in 2021, when 12 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Wills is approximately 10 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Wills a male name?
Wills is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Wills Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Wills Smith, Wills Johnson, Wills Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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