Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Wiliam

#4,175 most common boys' name of all time · #10,237 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#4,175
Rank overall
#10,237 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
1,256
Since 2016
103
Peak year
1982 #1,946
Best rank
#995 1881
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Wiliam first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 13 13 #6,458
2024 — 13 13 #6,485
2023 — 5 5 #12,288
2022 — 9 9 #8,328
2021 — 8 8 #8,844
2020 — 6 6 #10,647
2019 — 13 13 #6,413
2018 — 14 14 #6,045
2017 — 11 11 #7,111
2016 — 11 11 #7,169
2015 — 13 13 #6,336
2014 — 12 12 #6,648
2013 — 10 10 #7,552
2012 — 15 15 #5,729
2011 — 17 17 #5,211
2010 — 9 9 #8,163
2009 — 14 14 #6,108
2008 — 20 20 #4,724
2007 — 13 13 #6,279
2006 — 10 10 #7,453
2005 — 8 8 #8,327
2004 — 8 8 #8,173
2003 — 10 10 #6,743
2002 — 10 10 #6,546
2001 — 14 14 #5,155
2000 — 14 14 #5,051
1999 — 12 12 #5,330
1998 — 9 9 #6,333
1997 — 12 12 #4,982
1996 — 6 6 #8,003
1995 — 15 15 #4,068
1994 — 12 12 #4,827
1993 — 11 11 #5,024
1992 — 6 6 #7,465
1991 — 15 15 #3,828
1990 — 17 17 #3,477
1989 — 12 12 #4,294
1988 — 21 21 #2,688
1987 — 23 23 #2,407
1986 — 25 25 #2,239
1985 — 25 25 #2,177
1984 — 20 20 #2,444
1983 — 19 19 #2,503
1982 — 28 28 #1,946
1981 — 11 11 #3,623
1980 — 14 14 #3,114
1979 — 20 20 #2,387
1978 — 10 10 #3,634
1977 — 17 17 #2,571
1976 — 12 12 #3,113
1975 — 19 19 #2,302
1974 — 13 13 #2,819
1973 — 18 18 #2,232
1972 — 12 12 #2,835
1971 — 21 21 #1,996
1970 — 17 17 #2,226
1969 — 15 15 #2,234
1968 — 15 15 #2,125
1967 — 11 11 #2,493
1966 — 8 8 #3,021
1965 — 8 8 #3,022
1964 — 7 7 #3,330
1963 — 10 10 #2,703
1962 — 9 9 #2,878
1961 — 6 6 #3,694
1960 — 13 13 #2,333
1959 — 13 13 #2,315
1958 — 12 12 #2,397
1957 — 13 13 #2,293
1956 — 6 6 #3,569
1955 — 10 10 #2,596
1954 — 6 6 #3,489
1953 — 9 9 #2,744
1952 — 8 8 #2,914
1951 — 14 14 #2,072
1950 — 7 7 #3,055
1949 — 8 8 #2,836
1948 — 11 11 #2,351
1947 — 10 10 #2,534
1946 — 5 5 #3,576
1945 — 5 5 #3,392
1944 — 6 6 #3,151
1943 — 12 12 #2,203
1942 — 13 13 #2,062
1941 — 5 5 #3,557
1940 — 5 5 #3,503
1939 — 9 9 #2,473
1938 — 6 6 #3,218
1937 — 6 6 #3,221
1936 — 6 6 #3,193
1934 — 10 10 #2,420
1932 — 8 8 #2,881
1930 — 9 9 #2,825
1929 — 13 13 #2,229
1928 — 10 10 #2,681
1927 — 5 5 #4,253
1926 — 15 15 #2,098
1925 — 8 8 #3,185
1924 — 11 11 #2,666
1923 — 9 9 #2,972
1922 — 14 14 #2,257
1921 — 7 7 #3,556
1920 — 10 10 #2,786
1919 — 5 5 #4,211
1918 — 10 10 #2,722
1916 — 6 6 #3,544
1915 — 6 6 #3,428
1914 — 8 8 #2,489
1912 — 8 8 #1,916
1881 — 5 5 #995