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.

Williiam

#24,062 most common boys' name of all time · #63,471 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1956–1994

Rank among boys
#24,062
Rank overall
#63,471 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
5 of 146
All-time
25
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1956 #4,453
Best rank
#4,420 1958
Girls Boys peak 5/yr
19601980

Williiam first appears in 1956. 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
1994 — 5 5 #9,124
1961 — 5 5 #4,537
1959 — 5 5 #4,501
1958 — 5 5 #4,420
1956 — 5 5 #4,453