Boy · #9 in 2025

William

William: popularity and trends since 1880

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

William per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 1880. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

William has been falling: its share of boys born has shrunk over the last 10 years. It now stands at 7% of its 1880 peak.

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.