William

Population Statistics for William

William is mostly a boys' name, but it is used for girls 0.38 percent of the time.

Total* Population in Top 1000: 3925534 (99.62% male, 0.38% female) [source]

Popularity of the name William for Boys

First Year in the Top 1000: 1880 (earliest year for which we have data)

Last Year in the Top 1000: 2006 (latest year for which we have data)

Average Age: 75.21

Highest Percentage: 8.651% in 1880

Best Rank: #2 (in 1880)

Represented in the Top 1000 names in: 127 of 127 years (100.00%)

Worst Rank: #20 (in 1992)

Total* Male Population in Top 1000: 3910627

Popularity of the name William for Girls

First Year in the Top 1000: 1880 (earliest year for which we have data)

Last Year in the Top 1000: 1988

Average Age: 78.81

Highest Percentage: 0.036% in 1883

Best Rank: #281 (in 1883)

Represented in the Top 1000 names in: 109 of 127 years (85.83%)

Total* Female Population in Top 1000: 14907

Percentage Of Babies Named William

Note: Only names in the Top 1000 for each year are represented. [source] Values are normalized for boys and girls to compare trends (vertical scales differ for boys and girls).

Age Distribution of William

About these totals.

Male Population under 60: 1121088 (28.56%)

Male Population under 50: 753628 (19.20%)

Male Population under 40: 501933 (12.79%)

Male Population under 30: 261356 (6.66%)

Male Population under 20: 57230 (1.46%)

Male Population under 10: 0 (0.00%)

Female Population under 60: 4508 (0.11%)

Female Population under 50: 2685 (0.07%)

Female Population under 40: 840 (0.02%)

Female Population under 30: 0 (0.00%)

Female Population under 20: 0 (0.00%)

Names Similar to William

Similar Male Names

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Willaim

Willam

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Wiliam

Willaim

Willam

Roughly Similar Male Names

Waylon Wiliam

Willaim Willam

Willian

Loosely Similar Male Names

Wiliam Willaim

Willam Williams

Wilmer

Similar Female Names

— None. —

Fairly Similar Female Names

Williemae

Wilma

Roughly Similar Female Names

Willene

Williemae

Wilma

Loosely Similar Female Names

Williemae

Wilma

Anagrams of "William"

Willaim

Names Using All Letters of, and Only Letters in "William"

Wiliam Willaim

Willam Wilma

Names Using Only Letters In "William"

Aili Al Ala Ali Alia Alla Alma Ama Amalia

Ami Amil Amma Ila Illa Ilma Ima Laila Lala

Lalla Lia Liam Lila Lilia Lilla Lillia Lim Mai

Maia Mal Malia Mia Mila Mima Mimi Wiliam Will

Willa Willaim Willam Willia Wilma Wm

Names Using All Letters In "William"

Males Named "William" by Year

About these figures.

Year	Rank	Pop	%
1880	#2	9535	8.65%
1881	#2	8525	8.46%
1882	#2	9298	8.21%
1883	#2	8387	8.03%
1884	#2	8896	7.82%
1885	#2	8044	7.50%
1886	#2	8252	7.49%
1887	#2	7471	7.39%
1888	#2	8704	7.26%
1889	#2	7773	7.06%
1890	#2	7494	6.80%
1891	#2	6763	6.72%
1892	#2	7783	6.45%
1893	#2	7223	6.48%
1894	#2	7275	6.35%
1895	#2	7279	6.27%
1896	#2	7750	6.56%
1897	#2	7200	6.45%
1898	#2	7400	6.11%
1899	#2	6086	5.79%
1900	#2	8596	5.82%
1901	#2	5993	5.69%
1902	#2	6615	5.47%
1903	#2	6313	5.37%
1904	#2	6418	5.10%
1905	#2	6496	5.00%
1906	#2	6568	5.02%
1907	#2	6911	4.82%
1908	#2	7528	5.00%
1909	#2	7906	4.96%
1910	#3	8834	4.70%
1911	#2	10586	4.85%
1912	#2	19613	4.76%
1913	#2	23532	4.81%
1914	#2	29743	4.77%
1915	#2	38582	4.78%
1916	#2	40445	4.78%
1917	#2	42408	4.82%
1918	#2	45349	4.70%
1919	#2	43997	4.73%
1920	#2	50167	4.96%
1921	#3	51834	4.95%
1922	#3	51162	4.94%
1923	#3	52151	5.00%
1924	#3	53493	4.96%
1925	#3	53228	5.01%
1926	#4	51830	4.90%
1927	#4	51399	4.79%
1928	#4	49039	4.64%
1929	#4	47720	4.65%
1930	#4	47135	4.50%
1931	#4	43163	4.34%
1932	#4	42068	4.21%
1933	#4	38976	4.10%
1934	#4	40150	4.05%
1935	#4	40146	4.01%
1936	#4	39359	3.94%
1937	#4	40663	3.96%
1938	#4	42397	3.96%
1939	#4	42106	3.94%
1940	#4	44787	4.00%
1941	#4	47722	4.02%
1942	#4	54868	4.09%
1943	#4	55682	4.04%
1944	#4	52136	3.95%
1945	#4	50140	3.83%
1946	#4	59805	3.79%
1947	#4	66779	3.76%
1948	#4	61799	3.62%
1949	#4	61278	3.55%
1950	#6	60686	3.48%
1951	#6	62509	3.42%
1952	#6	62955	3.32%
1953	#6	61674	3.21%
1954	#6	61410	3.09%
1955	#6	59821	2.98%
1956	#6	58908	2.86%
1957	#6	56746	2.70%
1958	#6	54139	2.62%
1959	#7	51377	2.47%
1960	#7	49298	2.37%
1961	#7	47955	2.32%
1962	#7	44834	2.23%
1963	#7	44474	2.25%
1964	#7	44203	2.28%
1965	#6	40144	2.22%
1966	#6	38249	2.21%
1967	#6	37603	2.22%
1968	#6	36952	2.19%
1969	#6	37595	2.17%
1970	#7	38846	2.17%
1971	#7	35384	2.09%
1972	#9	30483	1.97%
1973	#9	28001	1.89%
1974	#10	26954	1.80%
1975	#10	25527	1.73%
1976	#11	24417	1.65%
1977	#12	24740	1.59%
1978	#13	24125	1.56%
1979	#13	24661	1.52%
1980	#14	25602	1.52%
1981	#15	24760	1.47%
1982	#15	25565	1.49%
1983	#16	25344	1.50%
1984	#16	24851	1.46%
1985	#16	24594	1.41%
1986	#15	24289	1.41%
1987	#15	24171	1.38%
1988	#16	24065	1.35%
1989	#15	24676	1.33%
1990	#16	24856	1.31%
1991	#19	23847	1.28%
1992	#20	23047	1.26%
1993	#18	22181	1.24%
1994	#19	21477	1.22%
1995	#20	20138	1.16%
1996	#18	20518	1.20%
1997	#19	19967	1.18%
1998	#14	20799	1.22%
1999	#14	20667	1.21%
2000	#11	20603	1.19%
2001	#10	20041	1.17%
2002	#11	20050	1.18%
2003	#11	19866	1.15%
2004	#8	19890	1.17%
2005	#11	18695	1.10%
2006	#10	18645	1.07%

Females Named "William" by Year

About these figures.

Year	Rank	Pop	%
1880	#288	30	0.03%
1881	#289	30	0.03%
1882	#322	31	0.03%
1883	#281	40	0.04%
1884	#340	34	0.03%
1885	#353	33	0.02%
1886	#364	35	0.02%
1887	#323	44	0.03%
1888	#371	42	0.02%
1889	#357	46	0.03%
1890	#435	35	0.02%
1891	#354	50	0.03%
1892	#405	44	0.02%
1893	#486	32	0.02%
1894	#493	34	0.02%
1895	#464	40	0.02%
1896	#439	44	0.02%
1897	#529	32	0.01%
1898	#485	41	0.02%
1899	#663	23	0.01%
1900	#514	44	0.02%
1901	#545	32	0.01%
1902	#686	25	0.01%
1903	#557	35	0.01%
1904	#709	25	0.01%
1905	#682	28	0.01%
1906	#705	28	0.01%
1907	#708	29	0.01%
1908	#557	46	0.01%
1909	#682	35	0.01%
1910	#704	37	0.01%
1911	#608	50	0.01%
1912	#551	79	0.01%
1913	#529	93	0.02%
1914	#575	97	0.01%
1915	#566	130	0.01%
1916	#574	137	0.01%
1917	#519	166	0.02%
1918	#535	172	0.02%
1919	#516	175	0.02%
1920	#476	205	0.02%
1921	#511	192	0.02%
1922	#501	193	0.02%
1923	#462	224	0.02%
1924	#444	249	0.02%
1925	#405	290	0.03%
1926	#396	300	0.03%
1927	#381	322	0.03%
1928	#367	350	0.03%
1929	#365	335	0.03%
1930	#399	288	0.03%
1931	#420	237	0.02%
1932	#429	234	0.02%
1933	#470	196	0.02%
1934	#489	174	0.02%
1935	#494	164	0.02%
1936	#524	153	0.02%
1937	#515	164	0.02%
1938	#590	138	0.01%
1939	#539	152	0.01%
1940	#563	152	0.01%
1941	#605	136	0.01%
1942	#565	171	0.01%
1943	#579	170	0.01%
1944	#624	139	0.01%
1945	#611	141	0.01%
1946	#631	157	0.01%
1947	#679	153	0.01%
1948	#668	157	0.01%
1949	#764	128	0.01%
1950	#772	127	0.01%
1951	#875	106	0.01%
1952	#729	149	0.01%
1953	#803	132	0.01%
1954	#824	131	0.01%
1955	#922	114	0.01%
1956	#798	156	0.01%
1957	#775	168	0.01%
1958	#793	161	0.01%
1959	#818	158	0.01%
1960	#808	165	0.01%
1961	#729	204	0.01%
1962	#784	176	0.01%
1963	#757	185	0.01%
1964	#842	153	0.01%
1965	#794	155	0.01%
1966	#735	180	0.01%
1967	#719	186	0.01%
1968	#710	189	0.01%
1969	#715	198	0.01%
1970	#729	204	0.01%
1971	#741	202	0.01%
1972	#726	195	0.01%
1973	#816	161	0.01%
1974	#797	170	0.01%
1975	#845	159	0.01%
1976	#730	202	0.02%
1977	#796	189	0.01%
1978	#810	185	0.01%
1979	#822	191	0.01%
1980	#770	214	0.01%
1981	#888	171	0.01%
1982	#867	178	0.01%
1983	#825	186	0.01%
1984	#931	159	0.01%
1985	#877	183	0.01%
1986	#955	165	0.01%
1987	#960	167	0.01%
1988	#995	166	0.01%

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William

Population Statistics for William

Popularity of the name William for Boys

Popularity of the name William for Girls

Percentage Of Babies Named William

Age Distribution of William

Names Similar to William

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