WILLIAM is ranked as the 7th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 2,834,455.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 888.94 people named WILLIAM for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named WILLIAM is 2,452,683.
The SSA data also shows that WILLIAM is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
WILLIAM is
80.4% White,
3.5% Hispanic origin,
12.6% Black,
1.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name WILLIAM have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name WILLIAM is included in the following name categories:
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common Danish masculine given name - DST Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Masculine given name
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
English masculine given name
German masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name WILLIAM
The state with the most people named
WILLIAM is
California where
322,516 people have this name.
North Carolina is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named WILLIAM, as
1535.05 in every 100,000
North Carolinians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
North Carolina.
North Carolina is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name WILLIAM
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
75,122
583.22
100.0%
Indiana
41,365
627.05
99.9%
Iowa
28,498
917.17
100.0%
Kansas
12,728
438.3
99.8%
Michigan
118,348
1194.25
100.0%
Minnesota
46,230
847.14
100.0%
Missouri
17,949
599.47
99.9%
Nebraska
7,135
379.22
99.6%
North Dakota
1,801
243.59
98.5%
Ohio
69,499
599.43
100.0%
South Dakota
2,122
248.75
98.6%
Wisconsin
59,476
1033
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name WILLIAM
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
4,794
650.74
99.7%
Arizona
36,466
541.72
99.9%
California
322,516
831.17
100.0%
Colorado
25,642
478.76
99.9%
Hawaii
8,284
583.58
100.0%
Idaho
7,449
455.72
99.8%
Montana
5,075
495.85
99.7%
Nevada
14,821
522.02
99.9%
New Mexico
10,815
518.56
99.9%
Oregon
19,844
499.81
99.9%
Utah
8,273
281.13
99.6%
Washington
73,055
1034.54
100.0%
Wyoming
2,881
493.26
99.6%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name WILLIAM
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
26,646
740.85
100.0%
Maine
8,200
616.49
99.9%
Massachusetts
49,285
730.64
100.0%
New Hampshire
11,670
879.57
99.9%
New Jersey
86,365
966.25
100.0%
New York
230,545
1167.54
100.0%
Pennsylvania
98,181
767.81
100.0%
Rhode Island
7,428
703.98
99.9%
Vermont
5,410
863.37
99.9%
South States
State stats for the first name WILLIAM
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have WILLIAM as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named WILLIAM.
The most popular full name is WILLIAM Smith.
0.78% of all the people named WILLIAM
have this family name.
There are 106782 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name WILLIAM