Wiliam
Wiliam is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. Its best rank was 992nd, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198228 births
- Best rank
- #992in 1881
- Since 1881
- 1,243people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,243 boys have been named Wiliam in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 28 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1980s alone account for 16%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wiliam | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 43 | |
| 1920s | 102 | |
| 1930s | 54 | |
| 1940s | 80 | |
| 1950s | 98 | |
| 1960s | 102 | |
| 1970s | 159 | |
| 1980s | 198 | |
| 1990s | 115 | |
| 2000s | 121 | |
| 2010s | 125 | |
| 2020s | 41 |
In 1982, its biggest year
Wiliam was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1982 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jason and David. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Wiliam
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Clementepeak 1996
- Blaspeak 1988
- Candidopeak 1996
- Esequielpeak 1974
- Felicianopeak 1979
- Lauropeak 2000
- Ceciliopeak 1998
- Jacintopeak 2024
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.