How popular is “Williams” in the USA?

Number of people named “Williams” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Williams” 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 “Williams” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Williams” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Williams” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Williams” by birth year

This chart shows how “Williams” 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	11	0.000054595		11	-100%
1881	7	0.000036328		7	-100%
1882	7	0.000031598		7	-100%
1883	13	0.000059923		13	-100%
1884	11	0.000045182		11	-100%
1885	11	0.000045671		11	-100%
1886	13	0.000050917		13	-100%
1887	13	0.000052548		13	-100%
1888	9	0.000030053		9	-100%
1889	6	0.000020765		6	-100%
1890	10	0.000033178		10	-100%
1891	7	0.000024418		7	-100%
1892	16	0.000047851		16	-100%
1893	7	0.000021524		7	-100%
1894	12	0.000035431		12	-100%
1895	10	0.000028488		10	-100%
1896	9	0.000025176		9	-100%
1897	14	0.000040351		14	-100%
1898	12	0.000031458		12	-100%
1899	9	0.00002653		9	-100%
1900	15	0.000033314		15	-100%
1901	11	0.000031809		11	-100%
1902	11	0.000028443		11	-100%
1903	9	0.00002361		9	-100%
1904	15	0.000037176		15	-100%
1905	12	0.000028307		12	-100%
1906	12	0.000028008		12	-100%
1907	11	0.000023636		11	-100%
1908	18	0.000036836		18	-100%
1909	20	0.000039122		20	-100%
1910	15	0.000025393		15	-100%
1911	22	0.000034147		22	-100%
1912	31	0.000031375		31	-100%
1913	21	0.000018468		21	-100%
1914	45	0.000031772		45	-100%
1915	53	0.000028923		53	-100%
1916	55	0.000028432		55	-100%
1917	44	0.000021926		44	-100%
1918	55	0.000025333		55	-100%
1919	45	0.000021325		45	-100%
1920	73	0.000032263		73	-100%
1921	51	0.000021846		51	-100%
1922	53	0.000023153		53	-100%
1923	54	0.000023453		54	-100%
1924	65	0.000027292		65	-100%
1925	47	0.000020143		47	-100%
1926	68	0.000029618		68	-100%
1927	68	0.000029318		68	-100%
1928	66	0.000029191		66	-100%
1929	58	0.000026458		58	-100%
1930	74	0.000033284		74	-100%
1931	55	0.000026136		55	-100%
1932	57	0.000026998		57	-100%
1933	42	0.000021006		42	-100%
1934	56	0.000026964		56	-100%
1935	64	0.000030623		64	-100%
1936	41	0.000019735		41	-100%
1937	57	0.000026752		57	-100%
1938	51	0.00002305		51	-100%
1939	50	0.000022692		50	-100%
1940	73	0.000031702		73	-100%
1941	47	0.000019291		47	-100%
1942	54	0.000019767		54	-100%
1943	50	0.000017714		50	-100%
1944	54	0.000020074		54	-100%
1945	48	0.000018093		48	-100%
1946	64	0.000020029		64	-100%
1947	60	0.000016656		60	-100%
1948	59	0.000017089		59	-100%
1949	64	0.000018366		64	-100%
1950	86	0.000024548		86	-100%
1951	56	0.000015202		56	-100%
1952	46	0.000012112		46	-100%
1953	51	0.000013234		51	-100%
1954	50	0.000012561		50	-100%
1955	75	0.00001868		75	-100%
1956	58	0.000014067		58	-100%
1957	65	0.000015468		65	-100%
1958	66	0.000015966	7	59	-79%
1959	60	0.00001443		60	-100%
1960	53	0.000012759		53	-100%
1961	66	0.000015933		66	-100%
1962	45	0.000011151		45	-100%
1963	56	0.000014148		56	-100%
1964	46	0.000011832		46	-100%
1965	54	0.000014895		54	-100%
1966	47	0.000013523		47	-100%
1967	45	0.000013255		45	-100%
1968	46	0.000013616		46	-100%
1969	52	0.000014963		52	-100%
1970	39	0.000010814		39	-100%
1971	58	0.000016898		58	-100%
1972	46	0.000014636		46	-100%
1973	33	0.000010938		33	-100%
1974	52	0.000017105	7	45	-73%
1975	42	0.00001391		42	-100%
1976	43	0.000014171		43	-100%
1977	28	0.000008815		28	-100%
1978	37	0.000011658		37	-100%
1979	33	0.000009919		33	-100%
1980	41	0.000011903	5	36	-76%
1981	34	0.000009828	5	29	-71%
1982	44	0.000012543		44	-100%
1983	33	0.000009528		33	-100%
1984	35	0.000010032		35	-100%
1985	33	0.000009246		33	-100%
1986	43	0.000012089		43	-100%
1987	47	0.000013035		47	-100%
1988	44	0.000011908		44	-100%
1989	39	0.000010145		39	-100%
1990	69	0.000017457		69	-100%
1991	44	0.000011296		44	-100%
1992	54	0.000014058		54	-100%
1993	59	0.000015649		59	-100%
1994	51	0.000013718		51	-100%
1995	29	0.000007919		29	-100%
1996	46	0.000012612		46	-100%
1997	47	0.000012963		47	-100%
1998	42	0.000011419		42	-100%
1999	53	0.000014348		53	-100%
2000	48	0.000012699		48	-100%
2001	63	0.00001683		63	-100%
2002	62	0.000016585		62	-100%
2003	58	0.000015254		58	-100%
2004	52	0.000013609		52	-100%
2005	53	0.000013785		53	-100%
2006	57	0.000014408		57	-100%
2007	63	0.000015759		63	-100%
2008	68	0.0000173		68	-100%
2009	56	0.000014659		56	-100%
2010	36	0.000009741		36	-100%
2011	45	0.000012303		45	-100%
2012	47	0.000012851		47	-100%
2013	40	0.000010972		40	-100%
2014	38	0.000010253		38	-100%
2015	45	0.000012159		45	-100%
2016	36	0.000009813		36	-100%
2017	42	0.000011744		42	-100%
2018	52	0.00001479		52	-100%
2019	45	0.000012965		45	-100%
2020	37	0.000011076		37	-100%
2021	46	0.000013578		46	-100%
2022	40	0.000011823		40	-100%
2023	57	0.000017214		57	-100%
2024	53	0.000015923		53	-100%

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