Willean

Last seen for girls in 1963 at #6,592

Peak · girls
1938 · 14 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
259
since 1919

Willean over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Willean has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,225, 1938girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1963#6,5925
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1957#5,3776
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1955#5,2086
1954#5,7535
1953#4,2268
1952#5,5635
1951#4,0118
1950#2,65215
1949#3,8928
1948#3,35010
1947#3,7069
1946#4,9605
1945#2,91610
1944#4,0546
1943#3,8017
1942#2,41614
1941#4,4205
1940#2,9639
1939#2,41712
1938#2,22514
1937#2,31713
1936#2,8579
1935#3,1568
1934#3,8026
1933#3,1098
1932#3,0479
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1929#3,1379
1928#2,76811
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1926#3,2699
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1921#5,0995
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1919#4,8145
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five girls were named Willean! It came in at #4,814, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1925, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Willean
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1938 at #2,225 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 78,818
  • Highest: 1 in 78,818 girls born in 1938 were named Willean (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 385,501 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 32.0% of all girls named Willean (83) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,814 (1919)#4,814
1920s34#2,768 (1928)#3,568
1930s79#2,225 (1938)#2,866
1940s83#2,416 (1942)#3,648
1950s53#2,652 (1950)#4,684
1960s5#6,592 (1963)#6,592

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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