Willodean

Last seen for girls in 1958 at #4,890

Peak · girls
1928 · 76 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,237
since 1914

Willodean over time

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Rank among girls' names. Willodean has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #825, 1928girls
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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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1958#4,8907
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1955#5,8285
1954#5,1486
1953#4,5957
1952#4,4837
1951#4,0118
1950#2,65215
1949#4,2357
1948#2,41617
1947#2,89813
1946#2,22818
1945#2,33914
1944#2,94610
1943#1,90021
1942#1,70624
1941#1,81020
1940#1,40429
1939#1,32731
1938#1,23135
1937#1,35529
1936#1,11540
1935#1,11939
1934#1,16637
1933#1,06243
1932#84667
1931#84466
1930#97157
1929#86867
1928#82576
1927#1,01057
1926#93164
1925#1,10148
1924#1,06953
1923#1,42832
1922#1,73024
1921#1,40933
1920#1,58427
1919#1,69823
1918#2,51913
1917#2,31614
1916#1,73920
1915#3,4347
1914#2,8767
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Willodean! It came in at #2,876, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1955–1957, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Willodean
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1958
  • Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1928 (#1,010#825)
  • Biggest drop: 216 spots in 1933 (#846#1,062)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1928 at #825 (76 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1928–1932
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,175
  • Highest: 1 in 15,175 girls born in 1928 were named Willodean (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,374 girls born in 1958 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 38.9% of all girls named Willodean (481) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s84#1,698 (1919)#2,430
1920s481#825 (1928)#1,196
1930s444#844 (1931)#1,104
1940s173#1,404 (1940)#2,388
1950s55#2,652 (1950)#4,515

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.

Willodean in 1947

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#2,898
13 births · 1 in 136,367 girls

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #2,898Willodean13
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 136,367 of them was named Willodean, which outranked 52.5% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Willodean
  1. #2,769Virgil14
  2. #2,769Warren14
  3. #2,769Wendolyn14
  4. #2,898Willodean13
  5. #2,898Aggie13
  6. #2,898Albina13
  7. #2,898Aleatha13
  8. #3,061Aletta12
  9. #3,061Allena12
  10. #3,061Andrew12

Tied with 162 names at #2,898; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 417Michaele#1,276#859
  2. 385Carlotta#997#612
  3. 332Ricki#1,290#958
  4. 300Daria#1,220#920
  5. 290Ivy#1,087#797
Fallers
  1. 341Merlene#961#1,302
  2. 285Beatriz#985#1,270
  3. 276Ruthanne#874#1,150
  4. 253Estela#897#1,150
  5. 242Verla#885#1,127

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

See the top 100 for 1947