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Robert vs William

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

Robert (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	2,415
1881	2,140
1882	2,500
1883	2,334
1884	2,468
1885	2,322
1886	2,443
1887	2,125
1888	2,814
1889	2,513
1890	2,541
1891	2,240
1892	2,710
1893	2,563
1894	2,497
1895	2,635
1896	2,719
1897	2,701
1898	2,932
1899	2,609
1900	3,821
1901	2,543
1902	3,180
1903	3,044
1904	3,414
1905	3,410
1906	3,635
1907	4,020
1908	4,219
1909	4,563
1910	5,609
1911	6,526
1912	12,836
1913	15,684
1914	21,188
1915	28,737
1916	31,741
1917	35,220
1918	40,619
1919	41,025
1920	48,679
1921	52,779
1922	53,796
1923	56,113
1924	60,799
1925	60,896
1926	61,130
1927	61,674
1928	60,701
1929	59,808
1930	62,152
1931	60,520
1932	59,268
1933	54,219
1934	55,843
1935	56,525
1936	58,501
1937	61,842
1938	62,270
1939	59,659
1940	61,194
1941	64,247
1942	71,841
1943	74,890
1944	70,855
1945	69,945
1946	84,138
1947	91,654
1948	85,475
1949	83,876
1950	83,551
1951	86,355
1952	86,588
1953	86,245
1954	86,333
1955	83,755
1956	83,912
1957	81,776
1958	77,334
1959	74,542
1960	72,344
1961	72,963
1962	70,201
1963	69,997
1964	69,983
1965	63,112
1966	59,309
1967	56,371
1968	58,186
1969	58,303
1970	57,179
1971	50,635
1972	43,015
1973	38,698
1974	37,009
1975	35,308
1976	33,791
1977	34,217
1978	33,379
1979	34,018
1980	34,269
1981	34,397
1982	34,414
1983	32,744
1984	31,772
1985	32,095
1986	31,351
1987	30,240
1988	30,317
1989	30,073
1990	28,885
1991	26,836
1992	24,095
1993	22,447
1994	20,559
1995	18,586
1996	17,676
1997	16,303
1998	15,527
1999	14,540
2000	13,739
2001	12,665
2002	12,031
2003	11,399
2004	10,681
2005	10,166
2006	9,911
2007	9,388
2008	8,840
2009	7,838
2010	7,564
2011	6,984
2012	6,963
2013	6,721
2014	6,660
2015	6,132
2016	6,005
2017	5,566
2018	5,191
2019	4,851
2020	4,401
2021	4,430
2022	4,078
2023	3,823
2024	3,785

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