Meaning not yet researched.
Williams: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 40 in 2025. Its best rank was #515 in 1887.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #515 in 1887; #3,086 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Williams in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,086 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1887, at #515.
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Williams: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 40 boys in 2025. Peak: #515 in 1887 · most boys in one year: 86 (1950).
In 2025, 40 US boys were named Williams, making it the 3,086th most common boys’ name of the year, down 533 places from #2,553 in 2024. That is 13 fewer than the 53 boys named Williams in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #515, reached in 1887. The most boys given the name in a single year was 86, in 1950. For comparison, it was #2,719 in 2015 and #746 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Williams in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 11 babies with the name. In all, 6,150 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 613 babies named Williams.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 448 US boys were named Williams; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 57. In 2025 that was about 1 in 42,702 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include William (4,215,725 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Williams in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 40 | #3,086 |
| 2024 | — | — | 53 | #2,553 |
| 2023 | — | — | 57 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | — | — | 40 | #3,095 |
| 2021 | — | — | 46 | #2,772 |
| 2020 | — | — | 37 | #3,134 |
| 2019 | — | — | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2018 | — | — | 52 | #2,504 |
| 2017 | — | — | 42 | #2,888 |
| 2016 | — | — | 36 | #3,226 |
| 2015 | — | — | 45 | #2,719 |
| 2014 | — | — | 38 | #3,036 |
| 2013 | — | — | 40 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | — | — | 47 | #2,629 |
| 2011 | — | — | 45 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | — | — | 36 | #3,179 |
| 2009 | — | — | 56 | #2,347 |
| 2008 | — | — | 68 | #2,059 |
| 2007 | — | — | 63 | #2,162 |
| 2006 | — | — | 57 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | — | — | 53 | #2,264 |
| 2004 | — | — | 52 | #2,236 |
| 2003 | — | — | 58 | #2,004 |
| 2002 | — | — | 62 | #1,849 |
| 2001 | — | — | 63 | #1,798 |
| 2000 | — | — | 48 | #2,132 |
| 1999 | — | — | 53 | #1,878 |
| 1998 | — | — | 42 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | — | — | 47 | #1,962 |
| 1996 | — | — | 46 | #1,957 |
| 1995 | — | — | 29 | #2,624 |
| 1994 | — | — | 51 | #1,752 |
| 1993 | — | — | 59 | #1,553 |
| 1992 | — | — | 54 | #1,639 |
| 1991 | — | — | 44 | #1,822 |
| 1990 | — | — | 69 | #1,352 |
| 1989 | — | — | 39 | #1,917 |
| 1988 | — | — | 44 | #1,644 |
| 1987 | — | — | 47 | #1,532 |
| 1986 | — | — | 43 | #1,564 |
| 1985 | — | — | 33 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | — | — | 35 | #1,688 |
| 1983 | — | — | 33 | #1,746 |
| 1982 | — | — | 44 | #1,463 |
| 1981 | 5 | #12,159 | 29 | #1,940 |
| 1980 | 5 | #12,121 | 36 | #1,653 |
| 1979 | — | — | 33 | #1,751 |
| 1978 | — | — | 37 | #1,569 |
| 1977 | — | — | 28 | #1,857 |
| 1976 | — | — | 43 | #1,371 |
| 1975 | — | — | 42 | #1,360 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,670 | 45 | #1,267 |
| 1973 | — | — | 33 | #1,512 |
| 1972 | — | — | 46 | #1,229 |
| 1971 | — | — | 58 | #1,080 |
| 1970 | — | — | 39 | #1,349 |
| 1969 | — | — | 52 | #1,084 |
| 1968 | — | — | 46 | #1,118 |
| 1967 | — | — | 45 | #1,115 |
| 1966 | — | — | 47 | #1,089 |
| 1965 | — | — | 54 | #1,011 |
| 1964 | — | — | 46 | #1,146 |
| 1963 | — | — | 56 | #1,019 |
| 1962 | — | — | 45 | #1,171 |
| 1961 | — | — | 66 | #948 |
| 1960 | — | — | 53 | #1,070 |
| 1959 | — | — | 60 | #1,003 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,392 | 59 | #1,000 |
| 1957 | — | — | 65 | #943 |
| 1956 | — | — | 58 | #985 |
| 1955 | — | — | 75 | #854 |
| 1954 | — | — | 50 | #1,067 |
| 1953 | — | — | 51 | #1,024 |
| 1952 | — | — | 46 | #1,080 |
| 1951 | — | — | 56 | #942 |
| 1950 | — | — | 86 | #746 |
| 1949 | — | — | 64 | #864 |
| 1948 | — | — | 59 | #901 |
| 1947 | — | — | 60 | #905 |
| 1946 | — | — | 64 | #825 |
| 1945 | — | — | 48 | #942 |
| 1944 | — | — | 54 | #869 |
| 1943 | — | — | 50 | #954 |
| 1942 | — | — | 54 | #909 |
| 1941 | — | — | 47 | #937 |
| 1940 | — | — | 73 | #717 |
| 1939 | — | — | 50 | #886 |
| 1938 | — | — | 51 | #881 |
| 1937 | — | — | 57 | #816 |
| 1936 | — | — | 41 | #988 |
| 1935 | — | — | 64 | #777 |
| 1934 | — | — | 56 | #843 |
| 1933 | — | — | 42 | #994 |
| 1932 | — | — | 57 | #851 |
| 1931 | — | — | 55 | #868 |
| 1930 | — | — | 74 | #742 |
| 1929 | — | — | 58 | #877 |
| 1928 | — | — | 66 | #813 |
| 1927 | — | — | 68 | #810 |
| 1926 | — | — | 68 | #802 |
| 1925 | — | — | 47 | #1,011 |
| 1924 | — | — | 65 | #858 |
| 1923 | — | — | 54 | #940 |
| 1922 | — | — | 53 | #975 |
| 1921 | — | — | 51 | #990 |
| 1920 | — | — | 73 | #784 |
| 1919 | — | — | 45 | #1,022 |
| 1918 | — | — | 55 | #901 |
| 1917 | — | — | 44 | #996 |
| 1916 | — | — | 55 | #855 |
| 1915 | — | — | 53 | #854 |
| 1914 | — | — | 45 | #794 |
| 1913 | — | — | 21 | #1,145 |
| 1912 | — | — | 31 | #799 |
| 1911 | — | — | 22 | #688 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #821 |
| 1909 | — | — | 20 | #612 |
| 1908 | — | — | 18 | #630 |
| 1907 | — | — | 11 | #862 |
| 1906 | — | — | 12 | #751 |
| 1905 | — | — | 12 | #740 |
| 1904 | — | — | 15 | #611 |
| 1903 | — | — | 9 | #844 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #740 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #681 |
| 1900 | — | — | 15 | #679 |
| 1899 | — | — | 9 | #783 |
| 1898 | — | — | 12 | #661 |
| 1897 | — | — | 14 | #583 |
| 1896 | — | — | 9 | #824 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #737 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #630 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #903 |
| 1892 | — | — | 16 | #524 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #837 |
| 1890 | — | — | 10 | #666 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #971 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #754 |
| 1887 | — | — | 13 | #515 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #538 |
| 1885 | — | — | 11 | #603 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #610 |
| 1883 | — | — | 13 | #525 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #835 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #778 |
| 1880 | — | — | 11 | #599 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).