William Variations & Nicknames
Honor William with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An English form or familiar short form of William. | 10,545#9 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of William. | 147#1,322 | Down 327 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of William. | 203#1,068 | Down 69 rank positions in five years | 1934 | ||
An Irish form or short form of William. | 20,818#1 | Steady | 2024 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of William. | 18#5,234 | Down 1,577 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the William family. | 41#3,704 | Up 133 rank positions in five years | 1925 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of William. | 52#2,567 | Down 333 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of William. | 170#1,195 | Down 254 rank positions in five years | 1888 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the William family. | 742#422 | Down 72 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
A Spanish or Portuguese form of William. | 264#902 | Down 70 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of William. | 13#6,498 | Up 2,348 rank positions in five years | 1930 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the William family. | 491#597 | Up 64 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the William family. | 141#1,517 | Up 312 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of William. | 27#4,040 | Down 971 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
A Germanic-language form or familiar short form of William. | 51#2,601 | Down 313 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
A Germanic-language form or familiar short form of William. | 26#4,132 | Down 122 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of William. | 5#13,793 | Down 3,252 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the William family. | —Unranked | — | 1896 | ||
A Spanish or Portuguese form of William. | 8#9,191 | Down 2,007 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the William family. | 34#4,261 | Up 277 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
A French form or short form of William. | —Unranked | — | 1997 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of William. | 5#13,795 | new | 2021 | ||
An Irish form or short form of William. | —Unranked | — | 2018 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the William family. | —Unranked | — | 2021 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.