William Boy Name

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The name William is of Germanic origin, and means desired helmet. The table below indicates the number of times the name William has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name William**
Use of the Name William for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
3,873,287	1,551,300	565,864	202,539	100,450	39,756	19,890

The table below indicates the number of times the name William has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name William**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	2	9,535	288	30
1881	2	8,525	289	30
1882	2	9,298	322	31
1883	2	8,387	281	40
1884	2	8,896	340	34
1885	2	8,044	353	33
1886	2	8,252	364	35
1887	2	7,471	323	44
1888	2	8,704	371	42
1889	2	7,773	357	46
1890	2	7,494	435	35
1891	2	6,763	354	50
1892	2	7,783	405	44
1893	2	7,223	486	32
1894	2	7,275	493	34
1895	2	7,279	464	40
1896	2	7,750	439	44
1897	2	7,200	529	32
1898	2	7,400	485	41
1899	2	6,086	663	23
1900	2	8,596	514	44
1901	2	5,993	545	32
1902	2	6,615	686	25
1903	2	6,313	557	35
1904	2	6,418	709	25
1905	2	6,496	682	28
1906	2	6,568	705	28
1907	2	6,911	708	29
1908	2	7,528	557	46
1909	2	7,906	682	35
1910	3	8,834	704	37
1911	2	10,586	608	50
1912	2	19,613	551	79
1913	2	23,532	529	93
1914	2	29,743	575	97
1915	2	38,582	566	130
1916	2	40,445	574	137
1917	2	42,408	519	166
1918	2	45,349	535	172
1919	2	43,997	516	175
1920	2	50,167	476	205
1921	3	51,834	511	192
1922	3	51,162	501	193
1923	3	52,151	462	224
1924	3	53,493	444	249
1925	3	53,228	405	290
1926	4	51,830	396	300
1927	4	51,399	381	322
1928	4	49,039	367	350
1929	4	47,720	365	335
1930	4	47,135	399	288
1931	4	43,163	420	237
1932	4	42,068	429	234
1933	4	38,976	470	196
1934	4	40,150	489	174
1935	4	40,146	494	164
1936	4	39,359	524	153
1937	4	40,663	515	164
1938	4	42,397	590	138
1939	4	42,106	539	152
1940	4	44,787	563	152
1941	4	47,722	605	136
1942	4	54,868	565	171
1943	4	55,682	579	170
1944	4	52,136	624	139
1945	4	50,140	611	141
1946	4	59,805	631	157
1947	4	66,779	679	153
1948	4	61,799	668	157
1949	4	61,278	764	128
1950	6	60,686	772	127
1951	6	62,509	875	106
1952	6	62,955	729	149
1953	6	61,674	803	132
1954	6	61,410	824	131
1955	6	59,821	922	114
1956	6	58,908	798	156
1957	6	56,746	775	168
1958	6	54,139	793	161
1959	7	51,377	818	158
1960	7	49,298	808	165
1961	7	47,955	729	204
1962	7	44,834	784	176
1963	7	44,474	757	185
1964	7	44,203	842	153
1965	6	40,144	794	155
1966	6	38,249	735	180
1967	6	37,603	719	186
1968	6	36,952	710	189
1969	6	37,595	715	198
1970	7	38,846	729	204
1971	7	35,384	741	202
1972	9	30,483	726	195
1973	9	28,001	816	161
1974	10	26,954	797	170
1975	10	25,527	845	159
1976	11	24,417	730	202
1977	12	24,740	796	189
1978	13	24,125	810	185
1979	13	24,661	822	191
1980	14	25,602	770	214
1981	15	24,760	888	171
1982	15	25,565	867	178
1983	16	25,344	825	186
1984	16	24,851	931	159
1985	16	24,594	877	183
1986	15	24,289	955	165
1987	15	24,171	960	167
1988	16	24,065	995	166
1989	15	24,676
1990	16	24,856
1991	19	23,847
1992	20	23,047
1993	18	22,181
1994	19	21,477
1995	20	20,138
1996	18	20,518
1997	19	19,967
1998	14	20,799
1999	14	20,667
2000	11	20,603
2001	10	20,041
2002	11	20,050
2003	11	19,866
2004	8	19,890
Totals:		3,873,287		14,907

During the last 125 years, parents have used William as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.

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