Jack vs William

William is the more popular boy name in Canada, #5 to #10 in 2023. William is the more popular boy name in the United States, #10 to #15 in 2024.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

JackWilliam#1#25#50#100Canada#10 → #5 ↑5United States#15 → #10 ↑5Alberta#9 → #6 ↑3British Columbia#9 → #10 ↓1Ontario#5 → #12 ↓7Quebec#72 → #4 ↑68
PlaceYear Jack William Ahead
Canada2023#10#5William
United States2024#15#10William
Alberta2024#9#6William
British Columbia2024#9#10Jack
Ontario2024#5#12Jack
Quebec2024#72#4William

Jack and William in Canada, 2020–2023

Jack climbed from #14 in 2020 to #10 in 2023 in Canada. William slipped from #3 in 2020 to #5 in 2023 in Canada.

#1#20#5 William#10 Jack2020202120222023

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Jack and William in the United States, 2020–2024

Jack climbed from #21 in 2020 to #15 in 2024 in the United States. William slipped from #5 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in the United States.

#1#50#10 William#15 Jack20202021202220232024

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How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.