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Dog name · New York City

William

48 licensed New York dogs are called William, which makes it the 1018th most common dog name in the city. Dogs called William are almost always male. The name is now 1.8x less common than it was fifteen years ago.

48Licensed New York dogs called William
#1018Rank among all dog names in the city
2009Peak year, by the dog’s year of birth
2%Of Williams are female

Is William getting more or less popular?

0 5 10 2005: 0 per 10,000 2006: 1.5 per 10,000 2007: 1.2 per 10,000 2008: 1.1 per 10,000 2009: 4.6 per 10,000 2010: 0.8 per 10,000 2011: 3.1 per 10,000 2012: 1.4 per 10,000 2013: 1.8 per 10,000 2014: 2.6 per 10,000 2015: 2.9 per 10,000 2016: 2.2 per 10,000 2017: 0.9 per 10,000 2018: 1.8 per 10,000 2019: 0.9 per 10,000 2020: 0 per 10,000 2021: 0.9 per 10,000 2022: 0.6 per 10,000 2023: 2.5 per 10,000 20052010201520202023
Dogs called William, per 10,000, by the dog’s year of birth

Among dogs born in 2005, 0 in every 10,000 licensed New York dogs were called William. For dogs born in 2023 it was 2.5. The name peaked with the 2009 litters.

What sort of dog gets called William?

Terrier 4Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 3French Bulldog 3Shiba Inu 2German Shepherd Dog 2American Pit Bull 2
About these numbers

This comes from dog license records, not from a count of all dogs. The New York City health department estimates that around 80% of the city’s dogs are unlicensed, so these figures describe licensed dogs only. Rates are shown per 10,000 licensed dogs so that neighborhoods and years can be compared fairly, but a neighborhood where fewer people license their dogs may still be represented differently from one where more people do. Records are as supplied by the city and are not corrected for owner error.

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