William

18 variations

girls:

16.1k births since 1880

#1009 (77th percentile)

boys:

4.2M births since 1880

#5 (100th percentile)

overall:

4.2M births since 1880

#5 (100th percentile)

Popularity of William's 18 Variations

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the 18 variations of "William". These 18 different ways to spell William have been grouped together based on pronunciation by a model that updates daily in response to your feedback.

1880 2023 18802023

This table provides detailed name popularity stats for 18 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.

4.2M
67k
1919
1880
99.8%
99.0%
#2
#10
16k
348
1929
1880
43.7%
0.1%
#188
#946
2,650
85
1916
1880
16.0%
#176
1,229
28
1982
1881
3.3%
0.0%
#186
#911
266
12
2006
1922
0.8%
#526
174
12
1931
1915
1.3%
#500
96
13
1985
1920
1.2%
#534
86
10
1921
1915
0.8%
#558
47
11
2018
2013
0.7%
0.2%
#888
#909
30
5
1956
1956
0.0%
#639
25
8
1997
1988
0.4%
#726
23
8
1958
1953
0.5%
#606
22
6
1973
1967
0.2%
#635
22
7
1958
1953
0.3%
#606
21
6
2009
2005
0.1%
#873
11
6
2015
1998
0.1%
#795
11
6
1958
1957
0.2%
#658
6
6
1987
1987
0.1%
#712
5
5
1953
1953
0.0%
#606
5
5
1921
1921
0.0%
#550

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.

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All Spelling Variations of William

The 18 different ways to spell William, sorted by popularity: