Wlliam — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wlliam

The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Wlliam between 1920 and 1987, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wlliam currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wlliam performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Wlliam shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wlliam 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 96 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.