Williams — #2524 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Williams

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,086 babies named Williams between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Williams currently holds the #2524 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 86 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Williams performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 606 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Williams shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 381 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Williams in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Williams in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,086 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.