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.

Wlliam

#15,824 most common boys' name of all time · #41,151 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1920–1987

Rank among boys
#15,824
Rank overall
#41,151 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
96
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1985 #3,470
Best rank
#2,624 1962
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
1920194019601980

Wlliam first appears in 1920. 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
1987 — 8 8 #5,101
1986 — 5 5 #7,008
1985 — 13 13 #3,470
1973 — 7 7 #4,216
1970 — 7 7 #4,012
1967 — 7 7 #3,413
1965 — 6 6 #3,726
1963 — 5 5 #4,357
1962 — 11 11 #2,624
1961 — 10 10 #2,837
1947 — 6 6 #3,633
1927 — 5 5 #4,657
1920 — 6 6 #4,284