William

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #9in 2025
  • 1 in 161boys in 2025
  • −26%last ten years
  • 3.0×in Wyoming

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record. Quieter now: down 26% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

043,13586,27018801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
William, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188086,270
188184,618
188281,787
188380,162
188477,743
188574,620
188674,488
188773,661
188872,030
188970,284
189067,499
189166,834
189263,769
189364,308
189462,833
189561,988
189664,793
189763,836
189860,317
189957,301
190057,013
190156,262
190253,946
190352,931
190450,077
190549,091
190649,311
190747,022
190848,783
190948,251
191045,539
191146,878
191245,648
191345,922
191445,441
191545,444
191645,409
191745,838
191844,689
191944,861
192047,114
192147,085
192246,970
192347,565
192447,236
192547,772
192646,755
192745,679
192844,346
192944,454
193043,076
193141,629
193240,343
193339,383
193438,907
193538,608
193637,985
193738,180
193838,257
193938,010
194038,630
194138,913
194239,742
194339,168
194438,430
194537,313
194636,966
194736,621
194835,319
194934,672
195033,894
195133,344
195232,434
195331,349
195430,129
195529,123
195627,888
195726,354
195825,562
195924,074
196023,149
196122,618
196221,681
196321,886
196422,193
196521,563
196621,440
196721,571
196821,247
196921,031
197020,927
197120,025
197218,815
197317,977
197417,159
197516,371
197615,569
197715,067
197814,721
197914,334
198014,372
198113,845
198214,111
198314,167
198413,796
198513,313
198613,214
198712,963
198812,603
198912,331
199012,125
199111,810
199211,548
199311,328
199411,124
199510,590
199610,846
199710,620
199810,901
199910,790
200010,524
200110,351
200210,371
200310,125
200410,195
20059,543
20069,227
20079,106
20089,020
20099,043
20108,898
20119,141
20128,918
20138,812
20148,773
20158,321
20168,331
20178,129
20188,064
20197,612
20207,344
20216,956
20226,504
20236,239
20246,180
20256,174

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Wyoming 3.0×
  2. District of Columbia 2.5×
  3. Alabama 2.4×
  4. Mississippi 2.3×
  5. Alaska 2.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
10,545
Rank in 2025
#9
How rare
1 in 161 boys
Since 1880
4,199,696

Most popular in 1880, at 86,270 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 26% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Wyoming3.0×63
District of Columbia2.5×127
Alabama2.4×955
Mississippi2.3×468
Alaska2.2×94

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.