William is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #16 for boy births in the United States, given to 10,552 babies. William first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1947 (67,156 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10,552 | #16 |
| 2024 | 10,656 | #17 |
| 2023 | 10,679 | #17 |
| 2022 | 11,363 | #12 |
| 2021 | 12,191 | #12 |
| 2020 | 12,690 | #11 |
| 2019 | 13,670 | #8 |
| 2018 | 14,658 | #6 |
| 2017 | 15,064 | #8 |
| 2016 | 15,830 | #7 |
| 2015 | 15,965 | #9 |
| 2014 | 16,874 | #9 |
| 2013 | 16,683 | #9 |
| 2012 | 16,936 | #10 |
| 2011 | 17,390 | #7 |
| 2010 | 17,095 | #8 |
| 2009 | 17,952 | #7 |
| 2008 | 18,431 | #11 |
| 2007 | 18,924 | #10 |
| 2006 | 18,983 | #12 |
| 2005 | 19,088 | #14 |
| 2004 | 20,348 | #11 |
| 2003 | 20,032 | #15 |
| 2002 | 20,170 | #13 |
| 2001 | 20,134 | #13 |
| 2000 | 20,707 | #14 |
| 1999 | 20,744 | #17 |
| 1998 | 20,872 | #19 |
| 1997 | 20,046 | #28 |
| 1996 | 20,587 | #23 |
| 1995 | 20,206 | #26 |
| 1994 | 21,537 | #25 |
| 1993 | 22,260 | #24 |
| 1992 | 23,126 | #27 |
| 1991 | 23,916 | #25 |
| 1990 | 24,967 | #22 |
| 1989 | 24,767 | #21 |
| 1988 | 24,289 | #22 |
| 1987 | 24,371 | #20 |
| 1986 | 24,498 | #20 |
| 1985 | 24,789 | #21 |
| 1984 | 25,058 | #21 |
| 1983 | 25,583 | #21 |
| 1982 | 25,782 | #20 |
| 1981 | 24,969 | #20 |
| 1980 | 25,855 | #18 |
| 1979 | 24,867 | #17 |
| 1978 | 24,356 | #16 |
| 1977 | 24,945 | #15 |
| 1976 | 24,628 | #14 |
| 1975 | 25,724 | #12 |
| 1974 | 27,149 | #12 |
| 1973 | 28,181 | #10 |
| 1972 | 30,703 | #10 |
| 1971 | 35,614 | #8 |
| 1970 | 39,092 | #9 |
| 1969 | 37,806 | #7 |
| 1968 | 37,119 | #7 |
| 1967 | 37,800 | #7 |
| 1966 | 38,417 | #7 |
| 1965 | 40,268 | #7 |
| 1964 | 44,380 | #8 |
| 1963 | 44,634 | #8 |
| 1962 | 45,028 | #8 |
| 1961 | 48,249 | #7 |
| 1960 | 49,526 | #8 |
| 1959 | 51,541 | #8 |
| 1958 | 54,414 | #7 |
| 1957 | 57,020 | #7 |
| 1956 | 59,145 | #7 |
| 1955 | 60,106 | #7 |
| 1954 | 61,553 | #7 |
| 1953 | 61,960 | #7 |
| 1952 | 63,184 | #8 |
| 1951 | 62,889 | #8 |
| 1950 | 60,805 | #8 |
| 1949 | 61,637 | #6 |
| 1948 | 62,129 | #6 |
| 1947 | 67,156 | #6 |
| 1946 | 60,191 | #5 |
| 1945 | 50,360 | #5 |
| 1944 | 52,511 | #5 |
| 1943 | 56,072 | #5 |
| 1942 | 55,060 | #5 |
| 1941 | 47,938 | #5 |
| 1940 | 44,931 | #5 |
| 1939 | 42,223 | #5 |
| 1938 | 42,571 | #5 |
| 1937 | 40,889 | #5 |
| 1936 | 39,552 | #5 |
| 1935 | 40,367 | #6 |
| 1934 | 40,350 | #5 |
| 1933 | 39,244 | #5 |
| 1932 | 42,359 | #5 |
| 1931 | 43,518 | #5 |
| 1930 | 47,560 | #5 |
| 1929 | 48,152 | #5 |
| 1928 | 49,466 | #5 |
| 1927 | 51,797 | #5 |
| 1926 | 52,225 | #5 |
| 1925 | 53,599 | #4 |
| 1924 | 53,751 | #4 |
| 1923 | 52,361 | #4 |
| 1922 | 51,305 | #4 |
| 1921 | 52,051 | #4 |
| 1920 | 50,350 | #3 |
| 1919 | 44,144 | #3 |
| 1918 | 45,463 | #3 |
| 1917 | 42,587 | #3 |
| 1916 | 40,554 | #3 |
| 1915 | 38,692 | #3 |
| 1914 | 29,850 | #3 |
| 1913 | 23,632 | #3 |
| 1912 | 19,704 | #3 |
| 1911 | 10,643 | #4 |
| 1910 | 8,881 | #5 |
| 1909 | 7,948 | #4 |
| 1908 | 7,574 | #4 |
| 1907 | 6,933 | #4 |
| 1906 | 6,594 | #4 |
| 1905 | 6,523 | #4 |
| 1904 | 6,441 | #4 |
| 1903 | 6,346 | #3 |
| 1902 | 6,642 | #3 |
| 1901 | 6,022 | #3 |
| 1900 | 8,623 | #3 |
| 1899 | 6,109 | #3 |
| 1898 | 7,441 | #3 |
| 1897 | 7,230 | #3 |
| 1896 | 7,791 | #3 |
| 1895 | 7,317 | #3 |
| 1894 | 7,308 | #3 |
| 1893 | 7,255 | #3 |
| 1892 | 7,826 | #3 |
| 1891 | 6,813 | #3 |
| 1890 | 7,528 | #3 |
| 1889 | 7,818 | #3 |
| 1888 | 8,747 | #3 |
| 1887 | 7,514 | #3 |
| 1886 | 8,287 | #3 |
| 1885 | 8,077 | #3 |
| 1884 | 8,931 | #3 |
| 1883 | 8,427 | #2 |
| 1882 | 9,329 | #2 |
| 1881 | 8,554 | #2 |
| 1880 | 9,562 | #2 |