How popular is “William” in the USA?
Number of people named “William” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “William” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “William” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “William” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “William” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “William” by birth year
This chart shows how “William” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1880 | 9562 | 0.047457863 | 30 | 9532 | -99% |
1881 | 8554 | 0.044393007 | 30 | 8524 | -99% |
1882 | 9329 | 0.042111106 | 31 | 9298 | -99% |
1883 | 8427 | 0.038843948 | 40 | 8387 | -99% |
1884 | 8931 | 0.036683492 | 34 | 8897 | -99% |
1885 | 8077 | 0.03353484 | 33 | 8044 | -99% |
1886 | 8287 | 0.032457691 | 35 | 8252 | -99% |
1887 | 7514 | 0.030372728 | 44 | 7470 | -99% |
1888 | 8747 | 0.029207878 | 42 | 8705 | -99% |
1889 | 7818 | 0.027056959 | 46 | 7772 | -99% |
1890 | 7528 | 0.024976693 | 34 | 7494 | -99% |
1891 | 6813 | 0.023765838 | 50 | 6763 | -99% |
1892 | 7826 | 0.02340493 | 44 | 7782 | -99% |
1893 | 7255 | 0.02230777 | 32 | 7223 | -99% |
1894 | 7308 | 0.021577254 | 34 | 7274 | -99% |
1895 | 7317 | 0.020844907 | 40 | 7277 | -99% |
1896 | 7791 | 0.021793982 | 44 | 7747 | -99% |
1897 | 7230 | 0.020838317 | 32 | 7198 | -99% |
1898 | 7441 | 0.019506888 | 41 | 7400 | -99% |
1899 | 6109 | 0.018008219 | 23 | 6086 | -99% |
1900 | 8623 | 0.0191512 | 44 | 8579 | -99% |
1901 | 6022 | 0.017414086 | 32 | 5990 | -99% |
1902 | 6642 | 0.017174641 | 25 | 6617 | -99% |
1903 | 6346 | 0.016647343 | 35 | 6311 | -99% |
1904 | 6441 | 0.015963418 | 25 | 6416 | -99% |
1905 | 6523 | 0.015387192 | 28 | 6495 | -99% |
1906 | 6594 | 0.015390324 | 28 | 6566 | -99% |
1907 | 6933 | 0.014897151 | 29 | 6904 | -99% |
1908 | 7574 | 0.015499846 | 45 | 7529 | -99% |
1909 | 7948 | 0.015547001 | 35 | 7913 | -99% |
1910 | 8881 | 0.015034425 | 37 | 8844 | -99% |
1911 | 10643 | 0.016519267 | 50 | 10593 | -99% |
1912 | 19704 | 0.019942088 | 78 | 19626 | -99% |
1913 | 23632 | 0.020782491 | 94 | 23538 | -99% |
1914 | 29850 | 0.021075359 | 97 | 29753 | -99% |
1915 | 38692 | 0.021115132 | 129 | 38563 | -99% |
1916 | 40554 | 0.020964477 | 136 | 40418 | -99% |
1917 | 42587 | 0.021221876 | 165 | 42422 | -99% |
1918 | 45463 | 0.020939961 | 172 | 45291 | -99% |
1919 | 44145 | 0.020919353 | 175 | 43970 | -99% |
1920 | 50350 | 0.022252737 | 204 | 50146 | -99% |
1921 | 52051 | 0.022296395 | 189 | 51862 | -99% |
1922 | 51307 | 0.022413073 | 194 | 51113 | -99% |
1923 | 52361 | 0.022741092 | 225 | 52136 | -99% |
1924 | 53751 | 0.022569157 | 245 | 53506 | -99% |
1925 | 53597 | 0.022970421 | 289 | 53308 | -99% |
1926 | 52224 | 0.022746665 | 303 | 51921 | -99% |
1927 | 51801 | 0.02233417 | 321 | 51480 | -99% |
1928 | 49465 | 0.021878233 | 348 | 49117 | -99% |
1929 | 48150 | 0.021964718 | 337 | 47813 | -99% |
1930 | 47561 | 0.021392191 | 289 | 47272 | -99% |
1931 | 43517 | 0.020679377 | 238 | 43279 | -99% |
1932 | 42362 | 0.020064624 | 235 | 42127 | -99% |
1933 | 39241 | 0.019626074 | 195 | 39046 | -99% |
1934 | 40350 | 0.019428911 | 175 | 40175 | -99% |
1935 | 40363 | 0.019313622 | 163 | 40200 | -99% |
1936 | 39550 | 0.019036746 | 154 | 39396 | -99% |
1937 | 40887 | 0.01919008 | 164 | 40723 | -99% |
1938 | 42568 | 0.019239148 | 138 | 42430 | -99% |
1939 | 42227 | 0.019164264 | 152 | 42075 | -99% |
1940 | 44929 | 0.019511977 | 152 | 44777 | -99% |
1941 | 47932 | 0.019673467 | 140 | 47792 | -99% |
1942 | 55060 | 0.020155519 | 170 | 54890 | -99% |
1943 | 56069 | 0.019864619 | 168 | 55901 | -99% |
1944 | 52507 | 0.019518925 | 136 | 52371 | -99% |
1945 | 50362 | 0.018983975 | 142 | 50220 | -99% |
1946 | 60190 | 0.018837184 | 157 | 60033 | -99% |
1947 | 67150 | 0.018641075 | 154 | 66996 | -100% |
1948 | 62126 | 0.017994465 | 157 | 61969 | -99% |
1949 | 61633 | 0.017686548 | 131 | 61502 | -100% |
1950 | 60804 | 0.01735587 | 125 | 60679 | -100% |
1951 | 62893 | 0.017073225 | 108 | 62785 | -100% |
1952 | 63181 | 0.016635308 | 145 | 63036 | -100% |
1953 | 61960 | 0.016078422 | 131 | 61829 | -100% |
1954 | 61557 | 0.015463925 | 127 | 61430 | -100% |
1955 | 60103 | 0.014969494 | 116 | 59987 | -100% |
1956 | 59146 | 0.014345247 | 154 | 58992 | -99% |
1957 | 57017 | 0.013568815 | 168 | 56849 | -99% |
1958 | 54410 | 0.013160794 | 160 | 54250 | -99% |
1959 | 51516 | 0.012393422 | 156 | 51360 | -99% |
1960 | 49520 | 0.011921267 | 164 | 49356 | -99% |
1961 | 48232 | 0.011644748 | 204 | 48028 | -99% |
1962 | 45016 | 0.011156877 | 175 | 44841 | -99% |
1963 | 44631 | 0.011275204 | 181 | 44450 | -99% |
1964 | 44381 | 0.011416147 | 156 | 44225 | -99% |
1965 | 40272 | 0.011108044 | 157 | 40115 | -99% |
1966 | 38417 | 0.011053436 | 180 | 38237 | -99% |
1967 | 37804 | 0.011135583 | 185 | 37619 | -99% |
1968 | 37118 | 0.010986978 | 192 | 36926 | -99% |
1969 | 37809 | 0.010879195 | 199 | 37610 | -99% |
1970 | 39096 | 0.010840421 | 205 | 38891 | -99% |
1971 | 35614 | 0.010376181 | 201 | 35413 | -99% |
1972 | 30706 | 0.009769591 | 193 | 30513 | -99% |
1973 | 28176 | 0.009339537 | 163 | 28013 | -99% |
1974 | 27147 | 0.008929934 | 169 | 26978 | -99% |
1975 | 25724 | 0.00851965 | 163 | 25561 | -99% |
1976 | 24632 | 0.00811782 | 200 | 24432 | -98% |
1977 | 24944 | 0.007852886 | 187 | 24757 | -99% |
1978 | 24361 | 0.007675609 | 186 | 24175 | -98% |
1979 | 24870 | 0.00747529 | 191 | 24679 | -98% |
1980 | 25856 | 0.007506481 | 216 | 25640 | -98% |
1981 | 24973 | 0.00721902 | 171 | 24802 | -99% |
1982 | 25785 | 0.007350466 | 178 | 25607 | -99% |
1983 | 25582 | 0.007386648 | 187 | 25395 | -99% |
1984 | 25058 | 0.007182709 | 158 | 24900 | -99% |
1985 | 24792 | 0.006946532 | 183 | 24609 | -99% |
1986 | 24495 | 0.006886526 | 165 | 24330 | -99% |
1987 | 24370 | 0.006759137 | 169 | 24201 | -99% |
1988 | 24288 | 0.006573454 | 163 | 24125 | -99% |
1989 | 24766 | 0.006442212 | 94 | 24672 | -99% |
1990 | 24968 | 0.006317419 | 61 | 24907 | -100% |
1991 | 23914 | 0.006139528 | 56 | 23858 | -100% |
1992 | 23125 | 0.006020442 | 60 | 23065 | -99% |
1993 | 22261 | 0.005904563 | 42 | 22219 | -100% |
1994 | 21535 | 0.005792901 | 45 | 21490 | -100% |
1995 | 20206 | 0.00551772 | 46 | 20160 | -100% |
1996 | 20585 | 0.005644297 | 41 | 20544 | -100% |
1997 | 20046 | 0.005528967 | 26 | 20020 | -100% |
1998 | 20869 | 0.005673872 | 36 | 20833 | -100% |
1999 | 20742 | 0.005615435 | 26 | 20716 | -100% |
2000 | 20706 | 0.005478081 | 38 | 20668 | -100% |
2001 | 20134 | 0.005378725 | 24 | 20110 | -100% |
2002 | 20169 | 0.005395474 | 34 | 20135 | -100% |
2003 | 20030 | 0.005268258 | 32 | 19998 | -100% |
2004 | 20345 | 0.005325034 | 111 | 20234 | -99% |
2005 | 19087 | 0.004964694 | 28 | 19059 | -100% |
2006 | 18981 | 0.004798277 | 18 | 18963 | -100% |
2007 | 18920 | 0.004733246 | 26 | 18894 | -100% |
2008 | 18428 | 0.004688941 | 28 | 18400 | -100% |
2009 | 17944 | 0.004698005 | 15 | 17929 | -100% |
2010 | 17091 | 0.004625257 | 23 | 17068 | -100% |
2011 | 17385 | 0.004753698 | 28 | 17357 | -100% |
2012 | 16927 | 0.004629104 | 19 | 16908 | -100% |
2013 | 16676 | 0.004575283 | 14 | 16662 | -100% |
2014 | 16870 | 0.004552795 | 23 | 16847 | -100% |
2015 | 15955 | 0.004312338 | 15 | 15940 | -100% |
2016 | 15822 | 0.004314085 | 20 | 15802 | -100% |
2017 | 15049 | 0.004209844 | 18 | 15031 | -100% |
2018 | 14651 | 0.004169145 | 12 | 14639 | -100% |
2019 | 13651 | 0.003935377 | 12 | 13639 | -100% |
2020 | 12676 | 0.00379766 | 14 | 12662 | -100% |
2021 | 12180 | 0.00359856 | 21 | 12159 | -100% |
2022 | 11337 | 0.003355521 | 7 | 11330 | -100% |
2023 | 10604 | 0.003216017 | 6 | 10598 | -100% |