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Willem

Boy's name · #2601 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Willem reached #1208 in 2003 and has eased to #2601 since. About 2,800 boys have carried it since 1916.

Across the states

See where Willem is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Willem ranks in other countries and regions.

#59 in Netherlands (2025) · #463 in Belgium (2025) · #916 in Canada (2025) · #1,143 in Sweden (2025) · #1,230 in Austria (2025) · #2,150 in France (2025) · #3,256 in England & Wales (2025) · #24,348 in Italy (2024) · #6,981 in Ecuador (2024) · #986 in Poland (2014) · #434 in New Zealand (2012).

Famous Willems

• Willem Dafoe — American actor (born 1955)
• Willem Barents — Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (c. 1550–1597)
• Willem Einthoven — Dutch physiologist (1860–1927)
• Willem Drees — Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1958 (1886–1988)
• Willem de Kooning — Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist (1904–1997)
• Willem Janszoon — Dutch navigator and colonial governor (c. 1570–c. 1630)
• Willem van Hanegem — Dutch former footballer and manager (born 1944)
• Willem de Sitter — Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1872–1934)
• Willem Schouten — Dutch explorer (c. 1567–1625)
• Willem Frederik Hermans — Dutch writer (1921–1995)

In stories & tradition

• Willem van Oringen^nl — Matter of France
• Willem van der Decken^nl — Fictional captain of the Flying Dutchman

What Willems become

Among 2,629 notable people named Willem:

Military figures appear 3.19× more often than among typical names — e.g. Willem Joseph van Ghent, Dutch States Navy officer and nobleman (1626–1672).

Similar names: Willie · Rylee · Whitley · Hagen · Shulem · Weslee

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