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John vs William

Side-by-side popularity comparison of John and William year by year (1880–2024).

John (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	9,655
1881	8,768
1882	9,557
1883	8,894
1884	9,388
1885	8,756
1886	9,026
1887	8,110
1888	9,247
1889	8,548
1890	8,502
1891	7,680
1892	9,039
1893	8,049
1894	8,237
1895	8,320
1896	8,138
1897	7,550
1898	8,159
1899	6,990
1900	9,828
1901	6,900
1902	7,907
1903	7,608
1904	8,108
1905	8,059
1906	8,264
1907	8,983
1908	9,343
1909	9,590
1910	11,450
1911	13,446
1912	24,588
1913	29,329
1914	37,947
1915	47,576
1916	50,043
1917	51,852
1918	56,558
1919	53,523
1920	56,913
1921	58,215
1922	57,281
1923	57,467
1924	59,052
1925	57,195
1926	56,108
1927	55,949
1928	53,761
1929	52,110
1930	52,447
1931	48,422
1932	48,625
1933	46,225
1934	46,742
1935	47,510
1936	47,679
1937	48,753
1938	50,518
1939	51,025
1940	54,784
1941	57,519
1942	66,041
1943	68,928
1944	66,611
1945	66,118
1946	79,266
1947	88,321
1948	82,832
1949	81,180
1950	79,412
1951	81,570
1952	83,138
1953	80,167
1954	81,176
1955	80,122
1956	80,806
1957	79,032
1958	76,049
1959	76,445
1960	76,086
1961	79,973
1962	78,420
1963	78,616
1964	82,519
1965	71,499
1966	65,015
1967	61,603
1968	60,906
1969	58,737
1970	58,496
1971	51,508
1972	43,162
1973	39,169
1974	37,618
1975	35,075
1976	33,979
1977	34,199
1978	34,018
1979	35,412
1980	35,277
1981	34,872
1982	34,707
1983	33,158
1984	32,611
1985	31,499
1986	30,208
1987	29,553
1988	29,423
1989	29,853
1990	29,090
1991	27,809
1992	26,255
1993	24,995
1994	24,186
1995	23,244
1996	22,186
1997	21,386
1998	20,631
1999	20,365
2000	20,113
2001	18,903
2002	17,476
2003	17,249
2004	16,467
2005	15,791
2006	15,176
2007	14,440
2008	13,335
2009	12,133
2010	11,567
2011	11,065
2012	10,635
2013	10,736
2014	10,699
2015	10,421
2016	10,055
2017	9,530
2018	9,198
2019	8,857
2020	8,262
2021	8,182
2022	7,993
2023	7,793
2024	8,047

William (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	9,532
1881	8,524
1882	9,298
1883	8,387
1884	8,897
1885	8,044
1886	8,252
1887	7,470
1888	8,705
1889	7,772
1890	7,494
1891	6,763
1892	7,782
1893	7,223
1894	7,274
1895	7,277
1896	7,747
1897	7,198
1898	7,400
1899	6,086
1900	8,579
1901	5,990
1902	6,617
1903	6,311
1904	6,416
1905	6,495
1906	6,566
1907	6,904
1908	7,529
1909	7,913
1910	8,844
1911	10,593
1912	19,626
1913	23,538
1914	29,753
1915	38,563
1916	40,418
1917	42,422
1918	45,291
1919	43,970
1920	50,146
1921	51,862
1922	51,112
1923	52,136
1924	53,506
1925	53,309
1926	51,922
1927	51,476
1928	49,119
1929	47,814
1930	47,271
1931	43,280
1932	42,127
1933	39,047
1934	40,176
1935	40,200
1936	39,398
1937	40,724
1938	42,432
1939	42,073
1940	44,781
1941	47,797
1942	54,891
1943	55,904
1944	52,373
1945	50,218
1946	60,030
1947	67,001
1948	61,970
1949	61,504
1950	60,679
1951	62,783
1952	63,039
1953	61,830
1954	61,431
1955	59,985
1956	58,990
1957	56,850
1958	54,254
1959	51,385
1960	49,344
1961	48,035
1962	44,859
1963	44,444
1964	44,223
1965	40,111
1966	38,240
1967	37,619
1968	36,928
1969	37,608
1970	38,889
1971	35,416
1972	30,512
1973	28,015
1974	26,977
1975	25,562
1976	24,433
1977	24,757
1978	24,174
1979	24,680
1980	25,638
1981	24,801
1982	25,606
1983	25,396
1984	24,902
1985	24,608
1986	24,333
1987	24,203
1988	24,125
1989	24,674
1990	24,909
1991	23,858
1992	23,066
1993	22,219
1994	21,491
1995	20,160
1996	20,544
1997	20,020
1998	20,835
1999	20,716
2000	20,669
2001	20,110
2002	20,136
2003	19,999
2004	20,235
2005	19,060
2006	18,963
2007	18,894
2008	18,403
2009	17,935
2010	17,071
2011	17,359
2012	16,914
2013	16,665
2014	16,847
2015	15,945
2016	15,808
2017	15,042
2018	14,645
2019	13,649
2020	12,673
2021	12,166
2022	11,349
2023	10,653
2024	10,596