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Guillermo

boy name
Origin
Germanic
Syllables
3
Peak era
1990s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

Spanish form of William ("will helmet")

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The story

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Guillermo across languages

One shared root links 12 names across 3 languages.

Shared root: from Germanic Willahelm, wil "will, desire" + helm "helmet, protection"

The constellation

GuillermoSpanishWilliamEnglish
10 more branches of this family
LiamIrish · short formWillEnglish · short formWillieEnglish · short formBillyEnglish · short formBillEnglish · short formBillieEnglish · short formWillaEnglish · feminine formWillisEnglish · surname formWilsonEnglish · surname formWilliamsEnglish · surname form

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How popular is Guillermo around the world?

In the United States, 1,718 babies were named Guillermo between 2020 and 2025. In Montevideo, 59 boys named Guillermo were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

Guillermo is on the official records of the United States, Montevideo, Spain, Mexico City, Chile, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Brazil.

United States

1 in 13,000

In the United States, 1,718 babies were named Guillermo between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1990s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Guillermo peaked in the 1990s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. In US birth records Guillermo has stayed between 1,495 and 6,496 births in every decade since the 1950s: a name everyone knows and few children get.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Montevideo City

1 in 410 · 2011

In Montevideo, 59 boys named Guillermo were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1940peak 19912011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Spain

1 in 610

In Spain, 73,808 residents are named Guillermo, the 61st most common name among men, with a mean age of 36.3 years.
In Spain, Guillermo was the 47th most common name among boys born in 2024.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Mexico City City

1 in 1,300

In Mexico City, there were 90 registrations of Guillermo in 2022.

peak 20002022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (3 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Chile

1 in 1,500

In Chile, 120 boys were registered as Guillermo in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

peak 19322021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Argentina

1 in 2,900

In Argentina, 227 newborns were given the name Guillermo in 2024.

peak 20122024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Puerto Rico

1 in 3,000

In Puerto Rico, 6 babies were named Guillermo in 2025, and 526 have carried the name since 1998.

peak 19982025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Brazil

1 in 330,000

At the 2022 census, 675 people in Brazil were named Guillermo, ranked 10,860th, with a median age of 38.
Among people named Guillermo living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.

1940speak 1980s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 27 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Canada

last on record 2020

Guillermo is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.

1991peak 20002024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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England and Wales

last on record 2023

Guillermo is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Poland

last on record 2017

Guillermo is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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South Australia

last on record 1993

Guillermo is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Ireland, New Zealand and Scotland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Guillermo

Most people given the name Guillermo in the United States were born between 1970 and 2009. The Guillermo you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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