Willia
Last seen for girls in 1981 at #10,411 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #5,615
Given to girls 85.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1902 · 29 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,316since 1882
Willia over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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
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| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,072 | 16 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,601 | 20 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #1,498 | 46 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #1,540 | 43 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #1,469 | 43 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #1,481 | 40 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #1,324 | 48 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #1,220 | 55 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #1,204 | 56 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,131 | 56 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #830 | 82 | — | |
| 1944 | #909 | 71 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #1,077 | 55 | — | |
| 1942 | #887 | 77 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #986 | 55 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #817 | 76 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #717 | 90 | — | |
| 1938 | #851 | 69 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #992 | 50 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #780 | 75 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #769 | 77 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #865 | 62 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #865 | 60 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #846 | 67 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #812 | 70 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #840 | 72 | — | |
| 1929 | #842 | 71 | — | |
| 1928 | #731 | 94 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #810 | 81 | — | |
| 1926 | #814 | 80 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #923 | 65 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #864 | 75 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #871 | 71 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #808 | 81 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #987 | 57 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #894 | 66 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #843 | 68 | — | |
| 1918 | #960 | 56 | — | |
| 1917 | #866 | 63 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #856 | 63 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #865 | 57 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #823 | 41 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,032 | 25 | — | |
| 1911 | #838 | 26 | — | |
| 1910 | #753 | 32 | — | |
| 1909 | #845 | 23 | — | |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 | — | |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #699 | 26 | — | |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1902 | #612 | 29 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | — | |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 | — | |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 | — | |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Willia! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Willia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
- Biggest jump: 487 spots in 1894 (#1,437 → #950)
- Biggest drop: 576 spots in 1893 (#861 → #1,437)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1902 at #612 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1915–1942
- Highest: 1 in 9,106 girls born in 1902 were named Willia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 333,612 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
- 22.3% of all girls named Willia (741) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1981, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #908 (1882) | #998 |
| 1890s | 98 | #861 (1892) | #1,047 |
| 1900s | 171 | #612 (1902) | #945 |
| 1910s | 459 | #753 (1910) | #898 |
| 1920s | 741 | #731 (1928) | #854 |
| 1930s | 692 | #717 (1939) | #834 |
| 1940s | 651 | #817 (1940) | #1,013 |
| 1950s | 353 | #1,324 (1950) | #1,841 |
| 1960s | 107 | #3,095 (1960) | #4,340 |
| 1970s | 20 | #5,136 (1971) | #7,594 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,411 (1981) | #10,411 |
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.
Willia in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 15,992 of them was named Willia, which outranked 83.0% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 184,858 of them was named Willia, which outranked 21.3% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,868Worthy7
- #2,868York7
- #2,868Zeke7
- #3,175Willia6
- #3,175Abelino6
- #3,175Adolphe6
- #3,175Adolpho6
- #3,534Able5
- #3,534Abundio5
- #3,534Adams5
Tied with 358 names at #3,175; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.