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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Willam” in the USA?

Number of people named “Willam” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Willam” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Willam” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Willam” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Willam” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Willam” by birth year

This chart shows how “Willam” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 13 0.000064521 13 -100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 -100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 -100%
1886 13 0.000050917 13 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 11 0.000036731 11 -100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1891 11 0.000038371 11 -100%
1892 13 0.000038879 13 -100%
1893 14 0.000043047 14 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 -100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 -100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1906 10 0.00002334 10 -100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 -100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 -100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 15 0.000015181 15 -100%
1913 19 0.000016709 19 -100%
1914 28 0.000019769 28 -100%
1915 32 0.000017463 32 -100%
1916 31 0.000016026 31 -100%
1917 37 0.000018438 37 -100%
1918 39 0.000017963 39 -100%
1919 34 0.000016112 34 -100%
1920 43 0.000019004 43 -100%
1921 49 0.000020989 49 -100%
1922 60 0.000026211 60 -100%
1923 51 0.00002215 51 -100%
1924 63 0.000026453 63 -100%
1925 57 0.000024429 57 -100%
1926 51 0.000022213 51 -100%
1927 60 0.000025869 60 -100%
1928 59 0.000026095 59 -100%
1929 67 0.000030563 67 -100%
1930 60 0.000026987 60 -100%
1931 59 0.000028037 59 -100%
1932 59 0.000027945 59 -100%
1933 54 0.000027007 54 -100%
1934 41 0.000019742 41 -100%
1935 45 0.000021532 45 -100%
1936 53 0.00002551 53 -100%
1937 46 0.000021589 46 -100%
1938 39 0.000017627 39 -100%
1939 54 0.000024507 54 -100%
1940 51 0.000022148 51 -100%
1941 59 0.000024216 59 -100%
1942 53 0.000019401 53 -100%
1943 57 0.000020194 57 -100%
1944 58 0.000021561 58 -100%
1945 66 0.000024878 66 -100%
1946 46 0.000014396 46 -100%
1947 45 0.000012492 45 -100%
1948 37 0.000010717 37 -100%
1949 46 0.0000132 46 -100%
1950 39 0.000011132 39 -100%
1951 49 0.000013302 49 -100%
1952 39 0.000010269 39 -100%
1953 58 0.000015051 58 -100%
1954 53 0.000013314 53 -100%
1955 51 0.000012702 51 -100%
1956 62 0.000015037 62 -100%
1957 61 0.000014516 61 -100%
1958 61 0.000014756 61 -100%
1959 76 0.000018278 76 -100%
1960 63 0.000015167 63 -100%
1961 67 0.000016175 67 -100%
1962 45 0.000011151 45 -100%
1963 53 0.00001339 53 -100%
1964 40 0.000010289 40 -100%
1965 32 0.000008826 32 -100%
1966 44 0.000012659 44 -100%
1967 29 0.000008542 29 -100%
1968 20 0.00000592 20 -100%
1969 27 0.000007769 27 -100%
1970 24 0.000006655 24 -100%
1971 17 0.000004953 17 -100%
1972 20 0.000006363 20 -100%
1973 23 0.000007624 23 -100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 -100%
1975 18 0.000005961 18 -100%
1976 25 0.000008239 25 -100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 -100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 -100%
1981 15 0.000004336 15 -100%
1982 19 0.000005416 19 -100%
1983 13 0.000003754 13 -100%
1984 20 0.000005733 20 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 -100%

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