first name
WILIAM
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,993 people named Wiliam, 71.6% reported their origin as White, 17.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 6% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Wiliam peaked in 1982, when 28 babies got the name.
At least 1,256 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Wiliam by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #3,121. The largest share of babies named Wiliam, 21.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
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2 other first names also have 3,993 people.
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3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wiliam, most common first.
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