William
Top 1000
On Nameberry
About William
Variation of Bill
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #5 | 16,847 | 8,770.5 |
| 2015 | #5 | 15,945 | 8,318.8 |
| 2016 | #3 | 15,808 | 8,329.9 |
| 2017 | #3 | 15,042 | 8,126.6 |
| 2018 | #3 | 14,645 | 8,063.7 |
| 2019 | #4 | 13,649 | 7,607.2 |
| 2020 | #5 | 12,673 | 7,342.1 |
| 2021 | #6 | 12,166 | 6,954.1 |
| 2022 | #6 | 11,349 | 6,500 |
| 2023 | #10 | 10,653 | 6,227.7 |
| 2024 | #10 | 10,596 | 6,150.1 |
| 2025 | #9 | 10,545 | 6,173.6 |
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Famous Williams
- William I the Conqueror
first Norman King of England
- William II
King of England
- William III of Orange
King of Great Britain and Ireland
- William IV (William Henry)
King of the United Kingdom
- William I (Willem Frederik)
King of the Netherlands
- William II (Willem Frederik George Lodewijk)
King of the Netherlands
- William III (Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk)
King of the Netherlands
- William I
II, Princes of Orange
- William IV (Willem Karel Hendrik Friso)
Prince of Orange
- William V (Willem Batavus)
Prince of Orange
- William the Lion
King of Scots
- William I
III, Kings of Sicily
- William Arthur Philip Louis
Prince of the United Kingdom; Duke of Cambridge; 2nd in line to the British throne
- William Tyndale
English martyr who translated the Bible into English
- William Shakespeare
English poet and writer
- William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. president
- William McKinley
25th U.S. president
- William Howard Taft
27th U.S. president
- William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton
42nd U.S. president
- William James "Bill" O'Reilly Jr.
American television host
- William Cuthbert Faulkner
American novelist
- William Temple Todd
son of U.S. First Lady Dolley Madison
- William Wallace Lincoln
son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
- William Henry Seward
American politician, governor and senator from New York
- William Bradley "Brad" Pitt
American actor
- William "Bill" Shatner
Canadian actor
- William Henry "Bill" Gates
American founder of Microsoft, Inc.
- William Wilberforce
English abolitionist politician
- William Dawes
rode with Paul Revere on the "Midnight Ride"
- William Stephens Smith
husband of Abigail "Nabby" Adams, son,in,law of U.S. President John Adams
- William "Bill" Paxton
American actor
- William Hall Macy
American actor
- William Louis Petersen
American actor
- William Peter Moseley
English actor
- William James "Wil" Anderson
Australian comedian
- William Turner Walton
English composer
- William Denby "Bill" Hanna
American cartoonist of Hanna,Barbera
- William James Adams aka Will.I.Am.
American R&B singer
- William "Billy" Dean Martin
musician of American band Good Charlotte
- William "Adam" West (Anderson)
American actor
- William Emerson "Will" Arnett
American actor
- William Henry "Hank" Green
American comedian, YouTuber and educator
- William Justus Goebel
American politician, governor of Kentucky
- William Miles "Will" Dunn
English actor
- William Daniel Phillips
American physicist and Nobel prize winner
- William Thomson
British mathematical physicist and engineer
- William Henry Bragg
physicist, mathematician & Nobel,prize winner
- William Lawrence Bragg
Australian,British physicist & Nobel prize winner
- William John Paul "Liam" Gallagher
lead singer of English band Oasis
- William Ford Gibson
American novelist
- William Caxton
English printing pioneer
- William "Bill" Hader
actor/comedian/writer
- William James Hehir
bass player on band MisterWives
- William "Will" Rankin Patton
American Actor
- William Beckett
lead singer of American band The Academy Is...
- William "Billy" Joel
American singer/songwriter/pianist
- William Meynard
French swimmer
- William Seward Burroughs I
American inventor
- William Seward Burroughs II
American writer
- Olajide William "JJ" Olatunji aka KSI
English YouTuber
- Richard William "Wil" Wheaton
American actor
- William "Bill" Anders
American astronaut
- William Commons
son of Scottish Footballer Kris Commons
- William True
son of actress Kirstie Alley
- William Luca Costa
Marsden, son of actor James Marsden
- William Wolf Howey
son of Sarah Shahi & Steve Howey
- William Lawson Bates
4th child (2nd son) of the reality TV show "Bringing Up Bates" family
- William "Billy" John Kimmel (b. 2017)
son of American television host, comedian, writer, and producer Jimmy Kimmel
- William Hammington (b. 2016)
son of Australian comedian Samuel Hammington
- William Behr Jenner (b. 2019)
son of Burt Jenner and Valerie Pitalo
William in pop culture
- William "Will" Halstead
character on TV's Chicago Med.
- William Harold Ryan "Will" Munson
character on American soap As The World Turns
- (William) Sherlock Scott Holmes
main character on TV's "Sherlock"
- William Afton
villain in Five Nights at Freddy's games and book
- William "Bill" Weasley
character in the Harry Potter series
- William "Bill" Forbes II
character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries", father of Caroline Forbes.
- William "Bill" Compton
character on TV's 'True Blood'
- William Riker
character on TV's 'Star Trek: the Next Generation'
- William "Will" Truman
character on TV's 'Will & Grace'
- William "Will" Shuester
character on TV's 'Glee'
- William "Will" Owen Herondale
character from the Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare
- William Mason
footman on TV's "Downton Abbey"
- William Townsend
character in "Yesterday's child" by Barbara Wood
- William "Bill" Denbrough
character in "It"
- William Buxton
character on TV's "Return to Cranford"
- William 'Will' Gorski
character on sense8
- William "Will" Turner
character in movie/book "Me before you"
- William Sayre
character in J.K. Rowling's "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"
- William the Pukwudgie
character in J.K. Rowling's "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"
- William Clayton
character on TV's "Arrow"
- William "Penny" Adiyodi
character in "The Magicians"
- William Stryker
character in "X,Men"
- William "Will" Munny
character in "Unforgiven"
- William "Billy" McMahon
main character in film "The Internship"
- William "Bill" Cage
main character in film "Edge of Tomorrow"
- William Pratt
birth name of Spike, on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel"
- William Vanderboom
character in the Rusty Lake and Cube Escape series
- William Grey
character in the 1996 film "Independence Day" General, USMC, the head of the United States Space Command.Played by Robert Loggia , he modeled the character after World War II generals, particularly George S. Patton.
- William “Will” Solace
character in the Riordanverse
- William Patterson
female character on TV's "Blindspot"
- James Ratri aka William Minerva
character in the manga/anime series "The Promised Neverland"
- William "Will" Byers
character in "Stranger Things"
- William Brown
main character in the Just William series by Richmal Crompton
- William Birkin
character in the video game series "Resident Evil"
- William Baker
character in the Spider,Man series
- William 'Will' Turner
character in the Pirates of the Caribbean series
- William Murdoch
character on TV's "Murdoch Mysteries"
- William Collins
main character in film 'Chatroom'
- William 'Will' Gardner
character on TV's 'The Good Wife'
- William 'Will' Parry
character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series
- William Scully
baby on TV's "The X,Files"
- William "Bill" Mulder
father of Fox William Mulder of "The X,Files"
- William "Billy" Dunne
Character in "Daisy Jones & The Six"
- "Sweet William's Ghost"
17th century English ballad and folk song
- "The Downfall of William Grismond"
17th century Broadside Ballad
- "England's Happiness in the Crowning of William and Mary"
17th century Broadside Ballad
- "A new loyal song, upon King William's Progress into Ireland"
17th century Broadside Ballad
- "Royal Courage, King William's Happy Success in Ireland"
17th century Broadside Ballad
- "Redesdale and Wise William"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Fair Margaret and Sweet William"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Lord William, or, Lord Lundy"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
