William in Massachusetts
Babies in Massachusetts
127,550
since 1910
Rank in Massachusetts · 2025
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recorded as girls
#9
recorded as boys
Peak year in Massachusetts
1910
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Massachusetts, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named William in Massachusetts from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 271 | 9 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 259 | 10 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 244 | 11 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 281 | 10 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 314 | 9 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 328 | 5 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 349 | 4 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 363 | 5 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 426 | 2 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 411 | 2 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 445 | 2 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 417 | 2 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 441 | 2 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 403 | 3 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 469 | 1 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 435 | 3 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 465 | 3 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 463 | 5 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 514 | 4 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 455 | 9 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 470 | 9 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 543 | 6 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 556 | 8 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 567 | 9 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 540 | 11 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 564 | 11 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 566 | 12 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 514 | 18 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 447 | 22 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 506 | 20 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 493 | 20 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 487 | 23 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 543 | 20 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 559 | 20 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 583 | 21 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 647 | 15 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 604 | 19 |
| 1988 | 5 | 718 | 634 | 18 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 591 | 20 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 588 | 17 |
| 1985 | 7 | 522 | 575 | 19 |
| 1984 | 5 | 599 | 612 | 18 |
| 1983 | 6 | 551 | 526 | 21 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 602 | 16 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 570 | 17 |
| 1980 | 5 | 578 | 570 | 15 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 562 | 14 |
| 1978 | 5 | 553 | 514 | 15 |
| 1977 | 5 | 556 | 507 | 15 |
| 1976 | 7 | 449 | 505 | 15 |
| 1975 | 6 | 496 | 601 | 13 |
| 1974 | 5 | 563 | 618 | 14 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 743 | 11 |
| 1972 | 11 | 376 | 800 | 11 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 974 | 8 |
| 1970 | 5 | 606 | 1,150 | 8 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 1,174 | 9 |
| 1968 | 9 | 423 | 1,173 | 10 |
| 1967 | 6 | 519 | 1,304 | 9 |
| 1966 | 5 | 547 | 1,370 | 8 |
| 1965 | 9 | 415 | 1,448 | 9 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 1,573 | 9 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 1,681 | 9 |
| 1962 | 11 | 386 | 1,593 | 8 |
| 1961 | 6 | 518 | 1,786 | 8 |
| 1960 | 5 | 538 | 1,861 | 8 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 1,919 | 8 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 2,002 | 7 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 1,999 | 7 |
| 1956 | 5 | 492 | 2,068 | 7 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 1,975 | 7 |
| 1954 | 7 | 395 | 2,113 | 7 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 2,096 | 7 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 2,151 | 7 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 2,053 | 6 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 2,089 | 5 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 2,064 | 5 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 2,251 | 5 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 2,386 | 5 |
| 1946 | 6 | 391 | 2,237 | 4 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 1,741 | 5 |
| 1944 | 6 | 346 | 1,819 | 4 |
| 1943 | 7 | 347 | 2,109 | 4 |
| 1942 | 9 | 300 | 1,987 | 4 |
| 1941 | 6 | 326 | 1,675 | 4 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 1,614 | 4 |
| 1939 | 7 | 294 | 1,423 | 4 |
| 1938 | 5 | 340 | 1,380 | 4 |
| 1937 | 6 | 307 | 1,406 | 4 |
| 1936 | 6 | 292 | 1,396 | 4 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 1,495 | 4 |
| 1934 | 10 | 239 | 1,394 | 4 |
| 1933 | 10 | 240 | 1,355 | 4 |
| 1932 | 7 | 292 | 1,543 | 4 |
| 1931 | 13 | 211 | 1,449 | 4 |
| 1930 | 6 | 313 | 1,656 | 3 |
| 1929 | 10 | 258 | 1,650 | 3 |
| 1928 | 6 | 330 | 1,676 | 3 |
| 1927 | 8 | 300 | 1,747 | 3 |
| 1926 | 8 | 294 | 1,767 | 3 |
| 1925 | 8 | 298 | 1,778 | 3 |
| 1924 | 9 | 289 | 1,812 | 3 |
| 1923 | 7 | 337 | 1,780 | 3 |
| 1922 | 5 | 388 | 1,725 | 3 |
| 1921 | 5 | 389 | 1,647 | 4 |
| 1920 | 6 | 363 | 1,715 | 2 |
| 1919 | 5 | 391 | 1,389 | 3 |
| 1918 | 10 | 286 | 1,587 | 3 |
| 1917 | 6 | 360 | 1,519 | 3 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 1,468 | 3 |
| 1915 | 5 | 398 | 1,318 | 3 |
| 1914 | 5 | 359 | 1,216 | 3 |
| 1913 | 8 | 244 | 880 | 3 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 796 | 3 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 479 | 3 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 259 | 3 |
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