Popularity (masculine) in England and Wales
Numbers
| William (masculine) | |||
| Year | Rank | % | |
| 2021 | #21 | 0.654 | |
| 2020 | #20 | 0.704 | |
| 2019 | #17 | 0.810 | |
| 2018 | #14 | 0.893 | |
| 2017 | #11 | 0.987 | |
| 2016 | #11 | 1.070 | |
| 2015 | #8 | 1.140 | |
| 2014 | #10 | 1.159 | |
| 2013 | #8 | 1.191 | |
| 2012 | #9 | 1.226 | |
| 2011 | #10 | 1.249 | |
| 2010 | #7 | 1.417 | |
| 2009 | #8 | 1.449 | |
| 2008 | #10 | 1.424 | |
| 2007 | #8 | 1.452 | |
| 2006 | #7 | 1.427 | |
| 2005 | #8 | 1.544 | |
| 2004 | #8 | 1.587 | |
| 2003 | #9 | 1.540 | |
| 2002 | #9 | 1.646 | |
| 2001 | #13 | 1.464 | |
| 2000 | #12 | 1.552 | |
| 1999 | #10 | 1.656 | |
| 1998 | #14 | 1.497 | |
| 1997 | #19 | 1.365 | |
| 1996 | #21 | 1.280 | |
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