Wiliam Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Wiliam: every year it appeared on the national list since 1881, with 1,256 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

1,256

Peak year

1982 #1998

Years on the list

110

10-year trend

-12.7%

In the 1980s ·

Popularity history

1881–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	17	#5419
2012	15	#5980
2013	10	#8075
2014	12	#7028
2015	13	#6658
2016	11	#7572
2017	11	#7515
2018	14	#6323
2019	13	#6748
2020	6	#11939
2021	8	#9650
2022	9	#8945
2023	5	#14083
2024	13	#6809
2025	13	#6783

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1982

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

Names from the same era

Cedric · 1982 Donnell · 1982 Jamaal · 1982 Matthew · 1983 Jesse · 1981 Clinton · 1981 Rodolfo · 1981 Dusty · 1981 Chauncey · 1981 Jerrod · 1983

Names similar to Wiliam

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