Willard
Last seen for girls in 1969 at #7,471 · #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1915 · 2,889 births
- Debut · boys
- 88 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 14 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 77,658since 1880
Willard over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,718 | 47 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,958 | 42 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,895 | 43 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,003 | 41 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,740 | 29 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,759 | 44 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,736 | 46 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,546 | 50 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,345 | 55 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,626 | 47 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,722 | 44 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,154 | 35 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,405 | 31 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,594 | 47 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,114 | 36 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,511 | 49 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,946 | 40 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,291 | 57 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,564 | 48 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,248 | 56 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,061 | 60 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,934 | 63 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,962 | 59 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,792 | 64 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,816 | 61 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,799 | 60 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,733 | 59 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,622 | 64 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,550 | 66 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,500 | 67 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,286 | 83 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,373 | 72 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,306 | 76 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,177 | 89 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,236 | 81 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,129 | 91 | |
| 1989 | — | #960 | 113 | |
| 1988 | — | #970 | 99 | |
| 1987 | — | #861 | 117 | |
| 1986 | — | #860 | 111 | |
| 1985 | — | #884 | 105 | |
| 1984 | — | #866 | 103 | |
| 1983 | — | #763 | 128 | |
| 1982 | — | #774 | 130 | |
| 1981 | — | #746 | 136 | |
| 1980 | — | #678 | 164 | |
| 1979 | — | #654 | 171 | |
| 1978 | — | #671 | 155 | |
| 1977 | — | #646 | 172 | |
| 1976 | — | #614 | 177 | |
| 1975 | — | #530 | 229 | |
| 1974 | — | #570 | 198 | |
| 1973 | — | #529 | 220 | |
| 1972 | — | #466 | 284 | |
| 1971 | — | #467 | 306 | |
| 1970 | — | #434 | 350 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #445 | 311 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #417 | 339 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #380 | 394 |
| 1966 | — | #387 | 388 | |
| 1965 | — | #381 | 413 | |
| 1964 | — | #378 | 438 | |
| 1963 | — | #351 | 497 | |
| 1962 | — | #376 | 460 | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #353 | 506 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #333 | 543 |
| 1959 | — | #325 | 572 | |
| 1958 | — | #314 | 586 | |
| 1957 | — | #301 | 636 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #287 | 654 |
| 1955 | — | #257 | 723 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #270 | 676 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #246 | 767 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #236 | 799 |
| 1951 | — | #243 | 778 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #219 | 841 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #209 | 927 |
| 1948 | — | #204 | 950 | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #198 | 1,025 |
| 1946 | — | #177 | 1,057 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #172 | 957 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #166 | 1,040 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #159 | 1,231 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #159 | 1,191 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #159 | 1,085 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #151 | 1,140 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #147 | 1,103 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #148 | 1,095 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #135 | 1,163 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #136 | 1,157 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | #132 | 1,214 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #136 | 1,175 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | #130 | 1,283 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #125 | 1,357 |
| 1931 | #1,502 | 25 | #124 | 1,376 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | #117 | 1,537 |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | #114 | 1,511 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | #112 | 1,628 |
| 1927 | #1,456 | 31 | #106 | 1,734 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 | #100 | 1,810 |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 | #97 | 1,795 |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 | #97 | 1,834 |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 | #92 | 1,945 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | #91 | 2,017 |
| 1921 | #1,543 | 29 | #89 | 2,077 |
| 1920 | #1,439 | 31 | #88 | 2,089 |
| 1919 | #1,348 | 33 | #87 | 2,014 |
| 1918 | #1,126 | 43 | #83 | 2,311 |
| 1917 | #1,110 | 41 | #80 | 2,188 |
| 1916 | #1,278 | 32 | #69 | 2,413 |
| 1915 | #1,153 | 35 | #58 | 2,889 |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 | #92 | 1,302 |
| 1913 | #1,274 | 20 | #99 | 926 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 | #104 | 718 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | #113 | 338 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | #119 | 265 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | #125 | 219 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | #112 | 229 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #118 | 201 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | #120 | 178 |
| 1905 | #1,011 | 14 | #119 | 180 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | #116 | 180 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | #122 | 162 |
| 1902 | — | #118 | 164 | |
| 1901 | — | #122 | 136 | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | #132 | 172 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | #115 | 144 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | #134 | 137 |
| 1897 | — | #117 | 143 | |
| 1896 | — | #118 | 152 | |
| 1895 | — | #138 | 113 | |
| 1894 | — | #133 | 122 | |
| 1893 | — | #128 | 118 | |
| 1892 | — | #132 | 121 | |
| 1891 | — | #135 | 101 | |
| 1890 | — | #159 | 89 | |
| 1889 | — | #148 | 100 | |
| 1888 | — | #127 | 123 | |
| 1887 | — | #134 | 95 | |
| 1886 | — | #173 | 80 | |
| 1885 | — | #144 | 95 | |
| 1884 | — | #154 | 89 | |
| 1883 | — | #133 | 92 | |
| 1882 | — | #163 | 83 | |
| 1881 | — | #127 | 94 | |
| 1880 | — | #154 | 88 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Willard was already there! It came in at #154, and was given to 88 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2021–2024, when fewer than 44 boys a year got the name.
See more about Willard
- 240 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #2,718)
- 41 spots since 2020 (#2,759 → #2,718)
- 4 spots since 2015 (#2,722 → #2,718)
- Biggest jump: 40 spots in 1975 (#570 → #530)
- Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1990 (#960 → #1,129)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1915 at #58 (2,889 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 14 yrs · run 1913–1926
- Top 1,000: 110 yrs · run 1880–1989
- Highest: 1 in 294 boys born in 1915 were named Willard (0.34%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 23.7% of all boys named Willard (18,440) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 939 | #127 (1888) | #146 |
| 1890s | 1,240 | #115 (1899) | #131 |
| 1900s | 1,821 | #112 (1908) | #120 |
| 1910s | 15,364 | #58 (1915) | #90 |
| 1920s | 18,440 | #88 (1920) | #99 |
| 1930s | 12,460 | #117 (1930) | #133 |
| 1940s | 10,603 | #151 (1940) | #175 |
| 1950s | 7,032 | #219 (1950) | #270 |
| 1960s | 4,289 | #333 (1960) | #380 |
| 1970s | 2,262 | #434 (1970) | #558 |
| 1980s | 1,206 | #678 (1980) | #836 |
| 1990s | 748 | #1,129 (1990) | #1,391 |
| 2000s | 568 | #1,792 (2002) | #2,141 |
| 2010s | 440 | #2,345 (2017) | #2,775 |
| 2020s | 246 | #2,718 (2025) | #3,012 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Willard in 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
girls
1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 217,848 of them was named Willard, which outranked 23.2% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,676Wyomia7
- #3,676Yvonnie7
- #3,676Zoila7
- #4,025Willard6
- #4,025Acquanetta6
- #4,025Adelfina6
- #4,025Afton6
- #4,556Adda5
- #4,556Adina5
- #4,556Adine5
Tied with 530 names at #4,025; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 1,406 of them was named Willard, which outranked 95.5% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.