Wiliam
#6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,256since 1881
Wiliam over time
Rank among boys' names. Wiliam has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #2,682 | 21 |
| 1987 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #2,171 | 25 |
| 1984 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #2,379 | 20 |
| 1978 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
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| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Wiliam! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wiliam
- 23 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #6,446)
- 4,159 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #6,446)
- 122 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #6,446)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #866 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1881
- Highest: 1 in 20,147 boys born in 1881 were named Wiliam (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.8% of all boys named Wiliam (198) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #866 (1881) | #866 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 43 | #1,885 (1912) | #3,020 |
| 1920s | 102 | #2,074 (1926) | #2,841 |
| 1930s | 54 | #2,393 (1934) | #2,853 |
| 1940s | 80 | #2,042 (1942) | #2,879 |
| 1950s | 98 | #2,055 (1951) | #2,714 |
| 1960s | 102 | #2,109 (1968) | #2,753 |
| 1970s | 159 | #1,987 (1971) | #2,597 |
| 1980s | 198 | #1,929 (1982) | #2,731 |
| 1990s | 115 | #3,467 (1990) | #5,312 |
| 2000s | 121 | #4,714 (2008) | #6,436 |
| 2010s | 125 | #5,200 (2011) | #6,625 |
| 2020s | 54 | #6,446 (2025) | #8,814 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Wiliam in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
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1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 81,173 of them was named Wiliam, which outranked 70.6% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,333Yonatan24
- #2,333Zachari24
- #2,333Zain24
- #2,400Wiliam23
- #2,400Ankur23
- #2,400Arie23
- #2,400Armon23
- #2,468Akash22
- #2,468Anish22
- #2,468Arden22
Tied with 67 names at #2,400; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.