William Boys

The U.S. popularity history of William: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 4,199,696 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

4,199,696

Peak year

1947 #4

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-22.9%

In the 1940s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	17,362	#3
2012	16,917	#5
2013	16,669	#5
2014	16,851	#5
2015	15,950	#5
2016	15,810	#3
2017	15,046	#3
2018	14,646	#3
2019	13,658	#4
2020	12,676	#5
2021	12,170	#6
2022	11,356	#6
2023	10,673	#10
2024	10,647	#10
2025	10,545	#9

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

Where {name} was most used in 1947

6,276

6,118

3,883

3,679

3,611

2,758

Names from the same era

James · 1947 John · 1947 Robert · 1947 Charles · 1947 Ronald · 1947 Larry · 1947 Jerry · 1947 Willie · 1947 Roy · 1947 Wayne · 1947

Names similar to William

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