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.

William

#5 most common boys' name of all time · #5 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#5
Rank overall
#5 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
4,215,725
Since 2016
127,353
Peak year
1947 #4
Best rank
#2 1880
Girls Boys peak 67,156/yr
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William is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 10,545 10,552 #9
2024 9 10,647 10,656 #10
2023 6 10,673 10,679 #10
2022 7 11,356 11,363 #6
2021 21 12,170 12,191 #6
2020 14 12,676 12,690 #5
2019 12 13,658 13,670 #4
2018 12 14,646 14,658 #3
2017 18 15,046 15,064 #3
2016 20 15,810 15,830 #3
2015 15 15,950 15,965 #5
2014 23 16,851 16,874 #5
2013 14 16,669 16,683 #5
2012 19 16,917 16,936 #5
2011 28 17,362 17,390 #3
2010 23 17,072 17,095 #5
2009 15 17,937 17,952 #5
2008 28 18,403 18,431 #8
2007 26 18,898 18,924 #8
2006 18 18,965 18,983 #10
2005 28 19,060 19,088 #11
2004 111 20,237 20,348 #8
2003 32 20,000 20,032 #11
2002 34 20,136 20,170 #11
2001 24 20,110 20,134 #10
2000 38 20,669 20,707 #11
1999 26 20,718 20,744 #14
1998 36 20,836 20,872 #14
1997 26 20,020 20,046 #19
1996 41 20,546 20,587 #18
1995 46 20,160 20,206 #20
1994 45 21,492 21,537 #19
1993 42 22,218 22,260 #18
1992 60 23,066 23,126 #20
1991 56 23,860 23,916 #19
1990 61 24,906 24,967 #16
1989 94 24,673 24,767 #15
1988 163 24,126 24,289 #16
1987 169 24,202 24,371 #15
1986 165 24,333 24,498 #15
1985 183 24,606 24,789 #16
1984 158 24,900 25,058 #16
1983 187 25,396 25,583 #16
1982 178 25,604 25,782 #15
1981 171 24,798 24,969 #15
1980 216 25,639 25,855 #14
1979 191 24,676 24,867 #13
1978 186 24,170 24,356 #13
1977 187 24,758 24,945 #12
1976 200 24,428 24,628 #11
1975 163 25,561 25,724 #10
1974 169 26,980 27,149 #10
1973 163 28,018 28,181 #9
1972 193 30,510 30,703 #9
1971 201 35,413 35,614 #7
1970 205 38,887 39,092 #7
1969 199 37,607 37,806 #6
1968 192 36,927 37,119 #6
1967 185 37,615 37,800 #6
1966 180 38,237 38,417 #6
1965 157 40,111 40,268 #6
1964 156 44,224 44,380 #7
1963 181 44,453 44,634 #7
1962 175 44,853 45,028 #7
1961 204 48,045 48,249 #7
1960 165 49,361 49,526 #7
1959 155 51,386 51,541 #7
1958 160 54,254 54,414 #6
1957 168 56,852 57,020 #6
1956 154 58,991 59,145 #6
1955 116 59,990 60,106 #6
1954 127 61,426 61,553 #6
1953 131 61,829 61,960 #6
1952 145 63,039 63,184 #6
1951 108 62,781 62,889 #6
1950 125 60,680 60,805 #6
1949 131 61,506 61,637 #4
1948 157 61,972 62,129 #4
1947 154 67,002 67,156 #4
1946 157 60,034 60,191 #4
1945 142 50,218 50,360 #4
1944 136 52,375 52,511 #4
1943 168 55,904 56,072 #4
1942 170 54,890 55,060 #4
1941 140 47,798 47,938 #4
1940 152 44,779 44,931 #4
1939 152 42,071 42,223 #4
1938 138 42,433 42,571 #4
1937 164 40,725 40,889 #4
1936 154 39,398 39,552 #4
1935 163 40,204 40,367 #4
1934 175 40,175 40,350 #4
1933 195 39,049 39,244 #4
1932 235 42,124 42,359 #4
1931 238 43,280 43,518 #4
1930 289 47,271 47,560 #4
1929 337 47,815 48,152 #4
1928 348 49,118 49,466 #4
1927 321 51,476 51,797 #4
1926 303 51,922 52,225 #4
1925 289 53,310 53,599 #3
1924 245 53,506 53,751 #3
1923 225 52,136 52,361 #3
1922 194 51,111 51,305 #3
1921 189 51,862 52,051 #3
1920 204 50,146 50,350 #2
1919 175 43,969 44,144 #2
1918 172 45,291 45,463 #2
1917 165 42,422 42,587 #2
1916 136 40,418 40,554 #2
1915 129 38,563 38,692 #2
1914 97 29,753 29,850 #2
1913 94 23,538 23,632 #2
1912 78 19,626 19,704 #2
1911 50 10,593 10,643 #2
1910 37 8,844 8,881 #3
1909 35 7,913 7,948 #2
1908 45 7,529 7,574 #2
1907 29 6,904 6,933 #2
1906 28 6,566 6,594 #2
1905 28 6,495 6,523 #2
1904 25 6,416 6,441 #2
1903 35 6,311 6,346 #2
1902 25 6,617 6,642 #2
1901 32 5,990 6,022 #2
1900 44 8,579 8,623 #2
1899 23 6,086 6,109 #2
1898 41 7,400 7,441 #2
1897 32 7,198 7,230 #2
1896 44 7,747 7,791 #2
1895 40 7,277 7,317 #2
1894 34 7,274 7,308 #2
1893 32 7,223 7,255 #2
1892 44 7,782 7,826 #2
1891 50 6,763 6,813 #2
1890 34 7,494 7,528 #2
1889 46 7,772 7,818 #2
1888 42 8,705 8,747 #2
1887 44 7,470 7,514 #2
1886 35 8,252 8,287 #2
1885 33 8,044 8,077 #2
1884 34 8,897 8,931 #2
1883 40 8,387 8,427 #2
1882 31 9,298 9,329 #2
1881 30 8,524 8,554 #2
1880 30 9,532 9,562 #2