Williams
Last seen for girls in 1981 at #10,411 · #3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,126since 1880
Williams over time
Rank among boys' names. Williams has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,036 | 40 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,527 | 53 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,387 | 57 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,053 | 40 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,732 | 46 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,074 | 37 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,766 | 45 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,472 | 52 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,840 | 42 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,161 | 36 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,684 | 45 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,985 | 38 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,848 | 40 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,594 | 47 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,663 | 45 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,128 | 36 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,320 | 56 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,039 | 68 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,139 | 63 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,221 | 57 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,237 | 53 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,208 | 52 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,987 | 58 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,832 | 62 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,777 | 63 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,087 | 48 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,858 | 53 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,933 | 47 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,933 | 46 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,556 | 29 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,734 | 51 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,539 | 59 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,621 | 54 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,798 | 44 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,336 | 69 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,891 | 39 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,618 | 44 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,506 | 47 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,535 | 43 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,794 | 33 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,656 | 35 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,441 | 44 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #1,619 | 36 |
| 1979 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,537 | 37 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,823 | 28 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,346 | 43 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,345 | 42 | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #1,244 | 45 |
| 1973 | — | #1,485 | 33 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,210 | 46 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,070 | 58 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,337 | 39 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,075 | 52 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,100 | 46 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,102 | 45 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,073 | 47 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,000 | 54 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,126 | 46 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,012 | 56 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1961 | — | #940 | 66 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,058 | 53 | |
| 1959 | — | #993 | 60 | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #994 | 59 |
| 1957 | — | #936 | 65 | |
| 1956 | — | #977 | 58 | |
| 1955 | — | #847 | 75 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,052 | 50 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,015 | 51 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,066 | 46 | |
| 1951 | — | #934 | 56 | |
| 1950 | — | #741 | 86 | |
| 1949 | — | #856 | 64 | |
| 1948 | — | #891 | 59 | |
| 1947 | — | #900 | 60 | |
| 1946 | — | #819 | 64 | |
| 1945 | — | #927 | 48 | |
| 1944 | — | #861 | 54 | |
| 1943 | — | #943 | 50 | |
| 1942 | — | #900 | 54 | |
| 1941 | — | #925 | 47 | |
| 1940 | — | #711 | 73 | |
| 1939 | — | #867 | 50 | |
| 1938 | — | #869 | 51 | |
| 1937 | — | #813 | 57 | |
| 1936 | — | #972 | 41 | |
| 1935 | — | #771 | 64 | |
| 1934 | — | #836 | 56 | |
| 1933 | — | #980 | 42 | |
| 1932 | — | #841 | 57 | |
| 1931 | — | #858 | 55 | |
| 1930 | — | #738 | 74 | |
| 1929 | — | #869 | 58 | |
| 1928 | — | #806 | 66 | |
| 1927 | — | #805 | 68 | |
| 1926 | — | #793 | 68 | |
| 1925 | — | #998 | 47 | |
| 1924 | — | #849 | 65 | |
| 1923 | — | #930 | 54 | |
| 1922 | — | #958 | 53 | |
| 1921 | — | #981 | 51 | |
| 1920 | — | #775 | 73 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,009 | 45 | |
| 1918 | — | #894 | 55 | |
| 1917 | — | #982 | 44 | |
| 1916 | — | #840 | 55 | |
| 1915 | — | #846 | 53 | |
| 1914 | — | #788 | 45 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,112 | 21 | |
| 1912 | — | #783 | 31 | |
| 1911 | — | #667 | 22 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #590 | 20 | |
| 1908 | — | #613 | 18 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #587 | 15 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Williams was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
See more about Williams
- 509 spots since 2024 (#2,527 → #3,036)
- 38 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #3,036)
- 352 spots since 2015 (#2,684 → #3,036)
- Biggest jump: 324 spots in 1914 (#1,112 → #788)
- Biggest drop: 339 spots in 1893 (#497 → #836)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #488 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1912
- Highest: 1 in 7,627 boys born in 1892 were named Williams (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #488 in 1887, was only 1 in 7,801 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 9.9% of all boys named Williams (606) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 101 | #488 (1887) | #626 |
| 1890s | 106 | #497 (1892) | #669 |
| 1900s | 134 | #587 (1904) | #677 |
| 1910s | 386 | #667 (1911) | #870 |
| 1920s | 603 | #775 (1920) | #876 |
| 1930s | 547 | #738 (1930) | #855 |
| 1940s | 573 | #711 (1940) | #873 |
| 1950s | 606 | #741 (1950) | #956 |
| 1960s | 510 | #940 (1961) | #1,063 |
| 1970s | 404 | #1,070 (1971) | #1,411 |
| 1980s | 383 | #1,441 (1982) | #1,667 |
| 1990s | 494 | #1,336 (1990) | #1,847 |
| 2000s | 580 | #1,777 (2001) | #2,085 |
| 2010s | 426 | #2,472 (2018) | #2,814 |
| 2020s | 273 | #2,387 (2023) | #2,802 |
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.
Williams in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 209,648 of them was named Williams, which outranked 32.7% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,258Yvonnie8
- #6,258Zera8
- #6,258Zeta8
- #6,900Williams7
- #6,900Abelina7
- #6,900Adi7
- #6,900Adonia7
- #7,680Abigayle6
- #7,680Abraham6
- #7,680Acquanetta6
Tied with 779 names at #6,900; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 34,941 of them was named Williams, which outranked 79.3% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,229Milo46
- #1,229Oswaldo46
- #1,229Shamus46
- #1,244Williams45
- #1,244Alain45
- #1,244Alexandro45
- #1,244Anthoney45
- #1,269Abelardo44
- #1,269Alden44
- #1,269Amado44
Tied with 24 names at #1,244; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.