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Michael vs William

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

Michael (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	354
1881	298
1882	321
1883	307
1884	373
1885	370
1886	348
1887	344
1888	466
1889	377
1890	394
1891	333
1892	380
1893	407
1894	423
1895	413
1896	399
1897	368
1898	434
1899	375
1900	495
1901	384
1902	460
1903	466
1904	462
1905	513
1906	531
1907	586
1908	688
1909	635
1910	844
1911	1,159
1912	2,104
1913	2,607
1914	3,362
1915	4,079
1916	4,210
1917	4,288
1918	4,296
1919	3,910
1920	4,003
1921	4,198
1922	3,990
1923	3,915
1924	3,874
1925	3,761
1926	3,485
1927	3,605
1928	3,598
1929	3,465
1930	3,542
1931	3,489
1932	3,607
1933	3,549
1934	4,108
1935	4,906
1936	5,800
1937	7,094
1938	9,076
1939	10,829
1940	13,228
1941	15,935
1942	21,728
1943	24,745
1944	26,717
1945	29,902
1946	41,192
1947	50,505
1948	52,566
1949	60,046
1950	65,138
1951	72,805
1952	79,039
1953	84,202
1954	88,564
1955	88,352
1956	90,691
1957	92,786
1958	90,598
1959	85,291
1960	84,139
1961	86,968
1962	85,056
1963	83,757
1964	82,619
1965	81,002
1966	79,984
1967	82,412
1968	81,974
1969	85,159
1970	85,271
1971	77,585
1972	71,391
1973	67,808
1974	67,535
1975	68,422
1976	66,917
1977	67,588
1978	67,133
1979	67,718
1980	68,687
1981	68,759
1982	68,228
1983	67,997
1984	67,741
1985	64,936
1986	64,236
1987	63,663
1988	64,168
1989	65,409
1990	65,318
1991	60,807
1992	54,409
1993	49,568
1994	44,475
1995	41,410
1996	38,373
1997	37,557
1998	36,619
1999	33,915
2000	32,043
2001	29,689
2002	28,258
2003	27,129
2004	25,470
2005	23,827
2006	22,651
2007	22,024
2008	20,651
2009	18,960
2010	17,381
2011	16,822
2012	16,209
2013	15,540
2014	15,496
2015	14,497
2016	14,139
2017	12,723
2018	11,750
2019	10,614
2020	9,824
2021	9,136
2022	8,888
2023	8,416
2024	8,189

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