Boy
William
William is a boy's name, a household name, that has cooled since its 1950s peak, but is still chosen today.
GermanicResolute protector
Old FrenchAnglo-Norman form of Wilhelm, will plus helmet
Births by decade
1900s
69,646
1910s
304,155
1920s
515,056
1930s
418,550
1940s
557,904
1950s
592,423
1960s
423,332
1970s
285,422
1980s
249,954
1990s
218,212
2000s
194,634
2010s
131,401
Peaked in the 1950s · 3,960,689 total U.S. births since 1900