Williams

Last seen for girls in 1981 at #10,411 · #3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#488
1887 · 13 births
Debut · boys
1880
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,126
since 1880

Williams over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Williams has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #488, 1887boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,03640
2024—#2,52753
2023—#2,38757
2022—#3,05340
2021—#2,73246
2020—#3,07437
2019—#2,76645
2018—#2,47252
2017—#2,84042
2016—#3,16136
2015—#2,68445
2014—#2,98538
2013—#2,84840
2012—#2,59447
2011—#2,66345
2010—#3,12836
2009—#2,32056
2008—#2,03968
2007—#2,13963
2006—#2,22157
2005—#2,23753
2004—#2,20852
2003—#1,98758
2002—#1,83262
2001—#1,77763
2000—#2,08748
1999—#1,85853
1998—#2,15742
1997—#1,93347
1996—#1,93346
1995—#2,55629
1994—#1,73451
1993—#1,53959
1992—#1,62154
1991—#1,79844
1990—#1,33669
1989—#1,89139
1988—#1,61844
1987—#1,50647
1986—#1,53543
1985—#1,79433
1984—#1,65635
1983—#1,71133
1982—#1,44144
1981#10,4115#1,89929
1980#10,3925#1,61936
1979—#1,71133
1978—#1,53737
1977—#1,82328
1976—#1,34643
1975—#1,34542
1974#6,9007#1,24445
1973—#1,48533
1972—#1,21046
1971—#1,07058
1970—#1,33739
1969—#1,07552
1968—#1,10046
1967—#1,10245
1966—#1,07347
1965—#1,00054
1964—#1,12646
1963—#1,01256
1962—#1,14745
1961—#94066
1960—#1,05853
1959—#99360
1958#4,8907#99459
1957—#93665
1956—#97758
1955—#84775
1954—#1,05250
1953—#1,01551
1952—#1,06646
1951—#93456
1950—#74186
1949—#85664
1948—#89159
1947—#90060
1946—#81964
1945—#92748
1944—#86154
1943—#94350
1942—#90054
1941—#92547
1940—#71173
1939—#86750
1938—#86951
1937—#81357
1936—#97241
1935—#77164
1934—#83656
1933—#98042
1932—#84157
1931—#85855
1930—#73874
1929—#86958
1928—#80666
1927—#80568
1926—#79368
1925—#99847
1924—#84965
1923—#93054
1922—#95853
1921—#98151
1920—#77573
1919—#1,00945
1918—#89455
1917—#98244
1916—#84055
1915—#84653
1914—#78845
1913—#1,11221
1912—#78331
1911—#66722
1910—#78215
1909—#59020
1908—#61318
1907—#81511
1906—#70912
1905—#69912
1904—#58715
1903—#7839
1902—#68711
1901—#63711
1900—#64915
1899—#7149
1898—#63512
1897—#55614
1896—#7789
1895—#68510
1894—#59412
1893—#8367
1892—#49716
1891—#7667
1890—#62910
1889—#8786
1888—#7049
1887—#48813
1886—#51213
1885—#57711
1884—#57011
1883—#49713
1882—#7547
1881—#7067
1880—#57111
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Williams was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

Where Williams is popular in 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedMINew York: #1,106 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 22,507 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Williams, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#1,106 · 1 in 22,507

Best ever in a state: #181 in Mississippi, 1940.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Williams
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 509 spots since 2024 (#2,527 → #3,036)
  • 38 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #3,036)
  • 352 spots since 2015 (#2,684 → #3,036)
  • Biggest jump: 324 spots in 1914 (#1,112 → #788)
  • Biggest drop: 339 spots in 1893 (#497 → #836)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1887 at #488 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1912
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,627
  • Highest: 1 in 7,627 boys born in 1892 were named Williams (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #488 in 1887, was only 1 in 7,801 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 9.9% of all boys named Williams (606) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s101#488 (1887)#626
1890s106#497 (1892)#669
1900s134#587 (1904)#677
1910s386#667 (1911)#870
1920s603#775 (1920)#876
1930s547#738 (1930)#855
1940s573#711 (1940)#873
1950s606#741 (1950)#956
1960s510#940 (1961)#1,063
1970s404#1,070 (1971)#1,411
1980s383#1,441 (1982)#1,667
1990s494#1,336 (1990)#1,847
2000s580#1,777 (2001)#2,085
2010s426#2,472 (2018)#2,814
2020s273#2,387 (2023)#2,802

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Williams in 1980

girls
#10,392
5 births · 1 in 332,061 girls
boys
#1,619
36 births · 1 in 49,554 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #10,392Williams5

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #1,619Williams36
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 332,061 of them was named Williams, which outranked 14.5% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Williams
  1. #9,095Yvon6
  2. #9,095Zella6
  3. #9,095Zuri6
  4. #10,392Williams5
  5. #10,392Abbegail5
  6. #10,392Abel5
  7. #10,392Abelina5

Tied with 1,769 names at #10,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 49,554 of them was named Williams, which outranked 77.8% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Williams
  1. #1,593Truman37
  2. #1,593Vincente37
  3. #1,593Yuri37
  4. #1,619Williams36
  5. #1,619Abe36
  6. #1,619Alonza36
  7. #1,619Ambrose36
  8. #1,655Addison35
  9. #1,655Alessandro35
  10. #1,655Antuan35

Tied with 35 names at #1,619; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980 →