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
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,126since 1880
Williams over time
Rank among boys' names. Williams has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,036 | 40 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,527 | 53 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,387 | 57 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,053 | 40 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,732 | 46 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,074 | 37 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,766 | 45 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,472 | 52 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,840 | 42 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,161 | 36 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,684 | 45 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,985 | 38 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,848 | 40 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,594 | 47 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,663 | 45 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,128 | 36 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,320 | 56 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,039 | 68 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,139 | 63 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,221 | 57 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,237 | 53 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,208 | 52 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,987 | 58 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,832 | 62 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,777 | 63 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,087 | 48 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,858 | 53 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,933 | 47 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,933 | 46 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,556 | 29 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,734 | 51 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,539 | 59 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,621 | 54 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,798 | 44 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,336 | 69 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,891 | 39 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,618 | 44 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,506 | 47 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,535 | 43 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,794 | 33 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,656 | 35 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,441 | 44 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #1,619 | 36 |
| 1979 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,537 | 37 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,823 | 28 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,346 | 43 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,345 | 42 | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #1,244 | 45 |
| 1973 | — | #1,485 | 33 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,210 | 46 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,070 | 58 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,337 | 39 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,075 | 52 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,100 | 46 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,102 | 45 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,073 | 47 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,000 | 54 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,126 | 46 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,012 | 56 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1961 | — | #940 | 66 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,058 | 53 | |
| 1959 | — | #993 | 60 | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #994 | 59 |
| 1957 | — | #936 | 65 | |
| 1956 | — | #977 | 58 | |
| 1955 | — | #847 | 75 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,052 | 50 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,015 | 51 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,066 | 46 | |
| 1951 | — | #934 | 56 | |
| 1950 | — | #741 | 86 | |
| 1949 | — | #856 | 64 | |
| 1948 | — | #891 | 59 | |
| 1947 | — | #900 | 60 | |
| 1946 | — | #819 | 64 | |
| 1945 | — | #927 | 48 | |
| 1944 | — | #861 | 54 | |
| 1943 | — | #943 | 50 | |
| 1942 | — | #900 | 54 | |
| 1941 | — | #925 | 47 | |
| 1940 | — | #711 | 73 | |
| 1939 | — | #867 | 50 | |
| 1938 | — | #869 | 51 | |
| 1937 | — | #813 | 57 | |
| 1936 | — | #972 | 41 | |
| 1935 | — | #771 | 64 | |
| 1934 | — | #836 | 56 | |
| 1933 | — | #980 | 42 | |
| 1932 | — | #841 | 57 | |
| 1931 | — | #858 | 55 | |
| 1930 | — | #738 | 74 | |
| 1929 | — | #869 | 58 | |
| 1928 | — | #806 | 66 | |
| 1927 | — | #805 | 68 | |
| 1926 | — | #793 | 68 | |
| 1925 | — | #998 | 47 | |
| 1924 | — | #849 | 65 | |
| 1923 | — | #930 | 54 | |
| 1922 | — | #958 | 53 | |
| 1921 | — | #981 | 51 | |
| 1920 | — | #775 | 73 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,009 | 45 | |
| 1918 | — | #894 | 55 | |
| 1917 | — | #982 | 44 | |
| 1916 | — | #840 | 55 | |
| 1915 | — | #846 | 53 | |
| 1914 | — | #788 | 45 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,112 | 21 | |
| 1912 | — | #783 | 31 | |
| 1911 | — | #667 | 22 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #590 | 20 | |
| 1908 | — | #613 | 18 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #587 | 15 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
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 2011
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Florida#1,596 · 1 in 18,402
- New York#1,785 · 1 in 20,887
- Texas#2,224 · 1 in 35,008
Best ever in a state: #181 in Mississippi, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #1,596 | 5 | 1 in 18,402 |
| New York | #1,785 | 5 | 1 in 20,887 |
| Texas | #2,224 | 5 | 1 in 35,008 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #488 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1912
- 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
- 9.9% of all boys named Williams (606) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 101 | #488 (1887) | #626 |
| 1890s | 106 | #497 (1892) | #669 |
| 1900s | 134 | #587 (1904) | #677 |
| 1910s | 386 | #667 (1911) | #870 |
| 1920s | 603 | #775 (1920) | #876 |
| 1930s | 547 | #738 (1930) | #855 |
| 1940s | 573 | #711 (1940) | #873 |
| 1950s | 606 | #741 (1950) | #956 |
| 1960s | 510 | #940 (1961) | #1,063 |
| 1970s | 404 | #1,070 (1971) | #1,411 |
| 1980s | 383 | #1,441 (1982) | #1,667 |
| 1990s | 494 | #1,336 (1990) | #1,847 |
| 2000s | 580 | #1,777 (2001) | #2,085 |
| 2010s | 426 | #2,472 (2018) | #2,814 |
| 2020s | 273 | #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 2011
Top boys' names in 2011
More about 2011
boys
1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 42,206 of them was named Williams, which outranked 81.5% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,626Rush46
- #2,626Taylan46
- #2,626Tyrin46
- #2,663Williams45
- #2,663Arham45
- #2,663Armin45
- #2,663Baruch45
- #2,699Aldair44
- #2,699Alexandros44
- #2,699Aneesh44
Tied with 35 names at #2,663; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.