# Williams (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/williams/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,150 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,126 / 24 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 39, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 7 | 5,392 |
| 1974 | 7 | 7,670 |
| 1980 | 5 | 12,121 |
| 1981 | 5 | 12,159 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 2,698 |
| 2012 | 47 | 2,629 |
| 2013 | 40 | 2,893 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,036 |
| 2015 | 45 | 2,719 |
| 2016 | 36 | 3,226 |
| 2017 | 42 | 2,888 |
| 2018 | 52 | 2,504 |
| 2019 | 45 | 2,804 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,134 |
| 2021 | 46 | 2,772 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3,095 |
| 2023 | 57 | 2,415 |
| 2024 | 53 | 2,553 |
| 2025 | 40 | 3,086 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Williams

- Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist
- Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon (1869-1939)
- Williams Alarcóna, Chilean footballererz
- Robert Williams Daniel, American politician (1884–1940)
- Williams Riveros, association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.