Wille
Wille is a name with a single cultural origin: Swedish.
- Swedish
Meaning & Origin of Wille
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Wille is a name with a single cultural origin: Swedish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
The Story of Wille
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Wille as a girl name dates back to 1912, when 7 babies received it. 1912 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Wille — #2,360 in the national rankings. About 56% of every Wille on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Wille last appeared in the published SSA data in 1929, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 41 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Wille as a boy name dates back to 1907, when 6 babies received it. 1929 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Wille — #1,848 in the national rankings. About 23% of every Wille on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Wille last appeared in the published SSA data in 1979, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 366 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Wille
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Wille. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Vilhelm
- Ville
Names that sound like Wille
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About the name Wille
Wille is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1907 and has accumulated 366 births in the dataset. Wille's peak popularity came in 1929 when it ranked #1,848. Use the chart and map above to compare Wille's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.