Willie

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #1,315 for boys in 2025, 147 births
Given to boys 75.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#11
1910 · 2,897 births
Debut · boys
1880
476 births
In top 100 · boys
89 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
450,188
since 1880

Willie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202024peak #54, 1909peak #11, 1910girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079#1,315147
2024#13,4776#1,364138
2023#13,4626#1,323144
2022#9,68010#1,166176
2021—#1,200161
2020—#992215
2019#15,5395#1,004208
2018#15,6825#929228
2017#15,9025#802285
2016—#797294
2015—#774307
2014—#725331
2013#16,5475#707332
2012—#646369
2011—#614390
2010—#626388
2009#17,2945#621401
2008—#565460
2007#15,4916#547470
2006—#511507
2005—#511481
2004—#497492
2003—#451559
2002—#437569
2001—#412608
2000#11,8017#407610
1999—#385668
1998#10,1228#354739
1997#9,8028#335774
1996#7,57411#327800
1995#7,51411#317824
1994#5,44517#291941
1993#4,10025#2721,062
1992#4,52822#2371,212
1991#6,25314#2241,319
1990#5,54916#2211,377
1989#2,87938#2021,460
1988#2,93135#1911,427
1987#2,43442#1861,479
1986#2,62037#1781,490
1985#2,74934#1711,574
1984#1,92254#1661,606
1983#2,15645#1551,763
1982#1,90056#1441,959
1981#1,95854#1411,967
1980#1,74963#1302,167
1979#1,77061#1252,153
1978#1,59867#1212,135
1977#1,68262#1242,163
1976#1,30783#1212,132
1975#1,25889#1172,174
1974#1,107105#1192,223
1973#995119#1092,391
1972#937131#1092,596
1971#938137#1152,862
1970#823167#1033,137
1969#720195#1013,048
1968#678205#963,109
1967#612241#923,391
1966#570280#933,546
1965#522334#933,807
1964#479406#904,148
1963#478407#934,194
1962#444469#894,541
1961#440504#864,790
1960#391590#815,238
1959#379632#785,374
1958#347698#705,693
1957#326785#636,211
1956#289931#586,525
1955#282933#546,629
1954#2431,111#536,832
1953#2361,157#497,056
1952#2281,198#487,197
1951#2151,276#457,226
1950#2011,338#427,717
1949#1791,532#417,916
1948#1681,667#407,971
1947#1731,683#427,997
1946#1591,687#407,339
1945#1371,777#317,030
1944#1381,894#317,195
1943#1381,994#367,178
1942#1332,067#377,094
1941#1361,860#366,526
1940#1281,937#356,176
1939#1261,952#336,308
1938#1212,019#346,081
1937#1142,194#326,231
1936#1082,224#326,011
1935#992,370#306,327
1934#1012,388#306,348
1933#932,449#325,983
1932#902,662#316,547
1931#932,597#315,963
1930#873,018#296,667
1929#763,318#296,616
1928#743,444#296,817
1927#713,884#276,969
1926#733,817#286,820
1925#683,947#277,124
1924#683,992#306,700
1923#673,963#306,665
1922#703,885#286,903
1921#743,748#346,492
1920#743,816#296,887
1919#614,051#236,942
1918#703,867#296,537
1917#723,381#315,751
1916#733,116#305,660
1915#723,041#305,434
1914#662,759#254,709
1913#652,264#243,760
1912#612,267#223,508
1911#611,637#142,492
1910#561,796#112,897
1909#541,549#132,175
1908#591,371#131,964
1907#561,394#131,968
1906#591,233#131,756
1905#591,285#131,782
1904#611,188#141,675
1903#671,014#141,454
1902#641,071#141,565
1901#68901#161,294
1900#581,351#142,113
1899#73806#181,088
1898#71878#181,134
1897#70818#181,151
1896#76755#181,092
1895#78724#181,071
1894#75709#19986
1893#77648#19882
1892#78631#19948
1891#78562#21739
1890#77578#23758
1889#85488#26708
1888#79522#24786
1887#88379#27590
1886#88388#28641
1885#95312#29614
1884#93332#31578
1883#96264#34474
1882#88291#31541
1881#94229#30498
1880#105192#34476
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Willie was already there! It came in at #34, and was given to 476 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2021–2025, when fewer than 180 boys a year got the name.

See more about Willie
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 49 spots since 2024 (#1,364 → #1,315)
  • 323 spots since 2020 (#992 → #1,315)
  • 541 spots since 2015 (#774 → #1,315)
  • Biggest jump: 12 spots in 2011 (#626 → #614)
  • Biggest drop: 208 spots in 2021 (#992 → #1,200)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #11 (2,897 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 78 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 89 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
  • Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1880–2018
Share of babies · boys
1 in 67
  • Highest: 1 in 67 boys born in 1910 were named Willie (1.5%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,620 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 16.1% of all boys named Willie (72,422) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5,906#24 (1888)#29
1890s9,849#18 (1897)#19
1900s17,746#13 (1909)#14
1910s47,690#11 (1910)#24
1920s67,993#27 (1925)#29
1930s62,466#29 (1930)#31
1940s72,422#31 (1944)#37
1950s66,460#42 (1950)#56
1960s39,812#81 (1960)#91
1970s23,966#103 (1970)#116
1980s16,892#130 (1980)#166
1990s9,716#221 (1990)#296
2000s5,157#407 (2000)#496
2010s3,132#614 (2011)#762
2020s981#992 (2020)#1,227

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.

Willie in 2024

girls
#13,477
6 births · 1 in 270,032 girls
boys
#1,364
138 births · 1 in 12,485 boys

Top girls' names in 2024

  1. #1Olivia14,772
  2. #2Emma13,524
  3. #3Amelia12,786
  4. #4Charlotte12,597
  5. #5Mia12,149
  6. #6Sophia12,126
  7. #7Isabella10,810
  8. #8Evelyn9,146
  9. #9Ava8,700
  10. #10Sofia8,113
  11. #13,477Willie6

Top boys' names in 2024

  1. #1Liam22,252
  2. #2Noah20,409
  3. #3Oliver15,396
  4. #4Theodore12,069
  5. #5James11,856
  6. #6Henry11,596
  7. #7Mateo11,349
  8. #8Elijah11,238
  9. #9Lucas10,743
  10. #10William10,647
  11. #1,364Willie138
More about 2024

girls

1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 270,032 of them was named Willie, which outranked 24.0% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Willie
  1. #12,161Zymira7
  2. #12,161Zyn7
  3. #12,161Zyomi7
  4. #13,477Willie6
  5. #13,477Aada6
  6. #13,477Aadiya6
  7. #13,477Aalaysia6
  8. #15,293Aabha5
  9. #15,293Aaina5
  10. #15,293Aaisha5

Tied with 1,815 names at #13,477; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2023
Risers
  1. ↑ 756Ailany#857 → #101
  2. ↑ 439Aylani#1,001 → #562
  3. ↑ 426Marjorie#1,248 → #822
  4. ↑ 414Scottie#616 → #202
  5. ↑ 365Elodie#737 → #372
Fallers
  1. ↓ 605Emryn#887 → #1,492
  2. ↓ 307Zhuri#862 → #1,169
  3. ↓ 301Layne#974 → #1,275
  4. ↓ 273Alitzel#876 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 267Aleyna#964 → #1,231

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 12,485 of them was named Willie, which outranked 90.5% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Willie
  1. #1,359Ross139
  2. #1,359Sanad139
  3. #1,359Thorin139
  4. #1,364Willie138
  5. #1,364Jael138
  6. #1,364Jaire138
  7. #1,364Khamari138
  8. #1,371Caysen137
  9. #1,371Dov137
  10. #1,371Ean137

Tied with 6 names at #1,364; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2023
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,833Truce#10,821 → #988
  2. ↑ 1,201Colsen#1,832 → #631
  3. ↑ 616Bryer#1,485 → #869
  4. ↑ 470Halo#1,458 → #988
  5. ↑ 348Azaiah#1,230 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Khari#827 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 309Karsyn#977 → #1,286
  3. ↓ 256Kye#940 → #1,196
  4. ↓ 225Kole#971 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 224Khai#723 → #947

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2024 →