Williams
Boy · WIL-yumz · Germanic
Williams is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “son of William”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Williams mean?
Germanic: patronymic surname from William
“son of William”
A patronymic surname, especially common in Wales, from the given name William.
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Is Williams a girl's or a boy's name?
Williams is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Williams in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 275% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Williams, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Williams of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Williams in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
How popular is Williams in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Williams, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 1950, with 86 boys.
Half of all the boys named Williams in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Williams in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 53 | #2,527 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,731 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 45 | #2,662 |
| 2010 | 36 | #3,127 |
| 2009 | 56 | #2,319 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,038 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,220 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 58 | #1,983 |
| 2002 | 62 | #1,829 |
| 2001 | 63 | #1,773 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 53 | #1,855 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,930 |
| 1996 | 46 | #1,929 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 51 | #1,729 |
| 1993 | 59 | #1,534 |
| 1992 | 54 | #1,616 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1990 | 69 | #1,331 |
| 1989 | 39 | #1,886 |
| 1988 | 44 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,504 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,534 |
| 1985 | 33 | #1,793 |
| 1984 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 44 | #1,440 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,823 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,346 |
| 1975 | 42 | #1,345 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,244 |
| 1973 | 33 | #1,485 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,210 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,070 |
| 1970 | 39 | #1,336 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,075 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,102 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,073 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,000 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,125 |
| 1963 | 56 | #1,011 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1961 | 66 | #939 |
| 1960 | 53 | #1,057 |
| 1959 | 60 | #992 |
| 1958 | 59 | #993 |
| 1957 | 65 | #935 |
| 1956 | 58 | #976 |
| 1955 | 75 | #846 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,051 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,014 |
| 1952 | 46 | #1,065 |
| 1951 | 56 | #933 |
| 1950 | 86 | #740 |
| 1949 | 64 | #855 |
| 1948 | 59 | #890 |
| 1947 | 60 | #899 |
| 1946 | 64 | #819 |
| 1945 | 48 | #927 |
| 1944 | 54 | #861 |
| 1943 | 50 | #943 |
| 1942 | 54 | #900 |
| 1941 | 47 | #925 |
| 1940 | 73 | #711 |
| 1939 | 50 | #867 |
| 1938 | 51 | #869 |
| 1937 | 57 | #813 |
| 1936 | 41 | #972 |
| 1935 | 64 | #771 |
| 1934 | 56 | #836 |
| 1933 | 42 | #980 |
| 1932 | 57 | #841 |
| 1931 | 55 | #858 |
| 1930 | 74 | #738 |
| 1929 | 58 | #869 |
| 1928 | 66 | #806 |
| 1927 | 68 | #805 |
| 1926 | 68 | #793 |
| 1925 | 47 | #998 |
| 1924 | 65 | #849 |
| 1923 | 54 | #930 |
| 1922 | 53 | #958 |
| 1921 | 51 | #981 |
| 1920 | 73 | #775 |
| 1919 | 45 | #1,009 |
| 1918 | 55 | #894 |
| 1917 | 44 | #982 |
| 1916 | 55 | #840 |
| 1915 | 53 | #846 |
| 1914 | 45 | #788 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,112 |
| 1912 | 31 | #783 |
| 1911 | 22 | #667 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 20 | #590 |
| 1908 | 18 | #613 |
| 1907 | 11 | #814 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 15 | #587 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 11 | #686 |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 15 | #648 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 12 | #634 |
| 1897 | 14 | #556 |
| 1896 | 9 | #778 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 12 | #594 |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 16 | #497 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 10 | #629 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 9 | #704 |
| 1887 | 13 | #488 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 11 | #577 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 13 | #497 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 11 | #571 |
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