Williams

Where Williams comes from

Williams hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #571 among boys — 11 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1887
    Peak, #488
    13 babies named Williams — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #878.
  4. 1997
    Williams Velásquez born
    Venezuelan association football player
  5. 2000
    Williams Alarcóna born
    Chilean footballererz
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Williams Velásquez · Venezuelan association football player, born 1997
  • Williams Alarcóna · Chilean footballererz, born 2000
  • Williams Sassine · Guinean writer, 1944–1997
  • Williams Martínez · Uruguayan footballer, 1982–2021
  • Williams Okofo-Dateh · Ghanaian politician, born 1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.