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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 288,356 of them was named Willard, which outranked 29.5% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,882Ziva8
- #4,882Zoann8
- #4,882Zoanne8
- #5,309Willard7
- #5,309Abra7
- #5,309Aide7
- #5,309Aime7
- #5,851Adeena6
- #5,851Adraine6
- #5,851Adrina6
Tied with 541 names at #5,309; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 4,198 of them was named Willard, which outranked 92.4% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.