William in Illinois
Babies in Illinois
201,720
since 1910
Rank in Illinois · 2025
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recorded as girls
#14
recorded as boys
Peak year in Illinois
1923
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Illinois, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named William in Illinois from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 334 | 14 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 357 | 9 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 349 | 13 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 410 | 9 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 422 | 8 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 464 | 6 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 491 | 7 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 532 | 5 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 549 | 8 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 633 | 4 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 618 | 6 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 687 | 3 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 668 | 6 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 643 | 11 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 698 | 7 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 675 | 8 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 693 | 8 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 707 | 9 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 752 | 9 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 717 | 15 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 753 | 14 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 812 | 14 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 765 | 15 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 797 | 16 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 824 | 16 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 749 | 19 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 784 | 18 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 743 | 22 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 744 | 22 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 794 | 23 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 731 | 26 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 783 | 25 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 907 | 22 |
| 1992 | 6 | 1260 | 903 | 23 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 961 | 23 |
| 1990 | 5 | 1408 | 980 | 22 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 973 | 20 |
| 1988 | 9 | 879 | 872 | 25 |
| 1987 | 5 | 1286 | 944 | 22 |
| 1986 | 9 | 836 | 908 | 25 |
| 1985 | 6 | 1098 | 889 | 25 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 1,044 | 21 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 992 | 21 |
| 1982 | 5 | 1238 | 1,101 | 19 |
| 1981 | 7 | 995 | 1,147 | 17 |
| 1980 | 12 | 729 | 1,157 | 18 |
| 1979 | 15 | 614 | 1,115 | 17 |
| 1978 | 10 | 767 | 1,069 | 17 |
| 1977 | 9 | 841 | 1,130 | 16 |
| 1976 | 9 | 809 | 1,139 | 13 |
| 1975 | 14 | 603 | 1,219 | 11 |
| 1974 | 11 | 685 | 1,313 | 11 |
| 1973 | 9 | 784 | 1,334 | 11 |
| 1972 | 16 | 543 | 1,430 | 10 |
| 1971 | 7 | 975 | 1,760 | 9 |
| 1970 | 9 | 809 | 1,945 | 8 |
| 1969 | 11 | 688 | 1,835 | 8 |
| 1968 | 16 | 538 | 1,857 | 7 |
| 1967 | 15 | 556 | 1,888 | 7 |
| 1966 | 8 | 811 | 2,051 | 7 |
| 1965 | 10 | 704 | 2,147 | 7 |
| 1964 | 8 | 813 | 2,330 | 7 |
| 1963 | 6 | 931 | 2,328 | 8 |
| 1962 | 7 | 875 | 2,402 | 8 |
| 1961 | 12 | 652 | 2,613 | 7 |
| 1960 | 7 | 876 | 2,696 | 7 |
| 1959 | 8 | 808 | 2,884 | 7 |
| 1958 | 8 | 793 | 2,979 | 7 |
| 1957 | 6 | 899 | 3,205 | 7 |
| 1956 | 7 | 781 | 3,262 | 6 |
| 1955 | 5 | 927 | 3,378 | 6 |
| 1954 | 6 | 798 | 3,359 | 6 |
| 1953 | 6 | 776 | 3,280 | 7 |
| 1952 | 7 | 699 | 3,554 | 6 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 3,402 | 6 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 3,376 | 5 |
| 1949 | 5 | 779 | 3,350 | 5 |
| 1948 | 6 | 711 | 3,278 | 5 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 3,679 | 4 |
| 1946 | 6 | 676 | 3,315 | 5 |
| 1945 | 5 | 656 | 2,625 | 5 |
| 1944 | 6 | 600 | 2,742 | 5 |
| 1943 | 8 | 543 | 3,044 | 5 |
| 1942 | 5 | 703 | 3,149 | 4 |
| 1941 | 8 | 490 | 2,714 | 4 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 2,497 | 5 |
| 1939 | 9 | 444 | 2,259 | 5 |
| 1938 | 9 | 460 | 2,387 | 5 |
| 1937 | 9 | 434 | 2,220 | 5 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 2,155 | 6 |
| 1935 | 10 | 390 | 2,213 | 6 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 2,048 | 6 |
| 1933 | 12 | 350 | 2,099 | 6 |
| 1932 | 18 | 289 | 2,351 | 5 |
| 1931 | 10 | 396 | 2,430 | 5 |
| 1930 | 20 | 293 | 2,727 | 4 |
| 1929 | 11 | 408 | 2,763 | 3 |
| 1928 | 14 | 337 | 2,785 | 3 |
| 1927 | 15 | 338 | 2,999 | 3 |
| 1926 | 19 | 300 | 2,983 | 3 |
| 1925 | 13 | 381 | 3,105 | 3 |
| 1924 | 13 | 390 | 3,026 | 3 |
| 1923 | 5 | 612 | 3,008 | 3 |
| 1922 | 9 | 460 | 2,771 | 3 |
| 1921 | 12 | 392 | 2,679 | 3 |
| 1920 | 7 | 511 | 2,591 | 3 |
| 1919 | 6 | 564 | 2,291 | 3 |
| 1918 | 6 | 581 | 2,412 | 3 |
| 1917 | 14 | 359 | 2,342 | 2 |
| 1916 | 5 | 613 | 2,354 | 2 |
| 1915 | 7 | 504 | 2,190 | 2 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 1,557 | 2 |
| 1913 | 6 | 419 | 1,275 | 2 |
| 1912 | 5 | 421 | 1,039 | 2 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 471 | 2 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 422 | 2 |