Boys' name · since 1922
Willliam
Willliam has 273 recorded births since 1922 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,181 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,814 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 273
- born since 1922
- 2000s
- peak decade
Willliam currently ranks #9814 among boys' names in America, with 273 babies recorded since 1922.
Social Security Administration records show Willliam recorded 273 times among boys since 1922, holding rank #9814 nationally today, ahead of 30% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 2025.
- #11,181 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,814 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 273 born since 1922
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Willliam ranks #11,181 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,814 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 273 born since 1922, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,181 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,814 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 273
- born since 1922
- 2000s
- peak decade
Willliam's 273 recorded births place it above 75.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Willliam compares
273 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Willliam's all-time total is 26% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Willliam | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 273 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Willliam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Willliam splits its recorded history at 1998: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1941 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Willliam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Willliam by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (65 births, 24% of the file).
2000s was Willliam's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Willliam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
41 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
- 2000s
2000s
65 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 65 births (24% of all-time use).
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What to do with Willliam's data
- Willliam's decade-level peak was the 2000s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Willliam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~103 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1922–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Willliam draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.