17 variations
girls:
16.1k births since 1880
#1008 (77th percentile)
boys:
4.2M births since 1880
#5 (100th percentile)
overall:
4.2M births since 1880
#5 (100th percentile)
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the 17 variations of "William". These 17 different ways to spell William have been grouped together based on pronunciation by a model that updates daily in response to your feedback.
This table provides detailed name popularity stats for 17 spelling variations of William based on Social Security card applications in the United States. Alternate spellings are only included if they were used at least 5 times in a single year.
This table can be sorted by clicking on the column headers.
The popularity percentiles and rank data in the table above are computed for each spelling variation individually, compared against all other individual spellings. This is different from the header on this page and our ranking pages, which compare popularity of the grouped spellings as a whole.
These names sound similar to William. This list excludes other spelling variations of William, which are listed in the table above.
These names exclude other spelling variations of William, which are listed in the table above.
The 17 different ways to spell William, sorted by popularity, are William, Wm, Wiliam, Willliam, Williom, Wlliam, Uilliam, Williiam, Wiiliam, Wwilliam, Willilam, Wwlliam, Wylliam, Williamm, Jameswilliam, Wialliam, and Williem.
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