Willy
Last seen for girls in 1973 at #7,435 · #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
Given to boys 97.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1896 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,937since 1884
Willy over time
Rank among boys' names. Willy has never cracked the top 900 here.
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 | — | #3,949 | 27 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,321 | 24 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,886 | 20 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,617 | 31 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,651 | 30 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,025 | 38 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,716 | 29 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,994 | 39 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,993 | 26 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,990 | 26 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,591 | 30 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,154 | 35 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,955 | 38 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,716 | 44 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,852 | 41 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,730 | 44 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,585 | 48 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,207 | 60 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,533 | 49 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,542 | 47 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,399 | 48 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,344 | 48 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,206 | 49 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,249 | 46 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,871 | 59 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,049 | 49 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,801 | 55 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,199 | 41 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,126 | 41 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,908 | 47 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,801 | 48 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,477 | 64 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,400 | 69 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,731 | 49 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,502 | 58 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,409 | 63 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,027 | 35 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,815 | 37 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,506 | 47 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,662 | 38 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,544 | 42 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,606 | 37 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,787 | 31 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,563 | 39 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,456 | 43 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,598 | 36 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,186 | 56 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,450 | 40 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,502 | 36 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,593 | 32 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,351 | 40 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #1,186 | 48 |
| 1972 | — | #1,603 | 29 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,637 | 29 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,462 | 33 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,526 | 28 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,206 | 40 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,507 | 26 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,345 | 32 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,081 | 47 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,219 | 40 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,138 | 46 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,013 | 57 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,078 | 52 |
| 1960 | — | #1,072 | 52 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,129 | 47 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,250 | 39 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,443 | 29 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,503 | 26 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,382 | 30 |
| 1953 | — | #1,331 | 32 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,701 | 20 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,295 | 32 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,364 | 28 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,583 | 22 |
| 1948 | — | #1,145 | 39 | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #1,425 | 27 |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,227 | 29 | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #1,193 | 31 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #1,187 | 33 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | — | #1,254 | 28 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1939 | — | #1,359 | 24 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,439 | 22 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,265 | 28 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,326 | 25 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,390 | 24 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,386 | 24 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | — | #1,361 | 26 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,368 | 28 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,564 | 22 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,569 | 23 | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #1,661 | 21 |
| 1925 | — | #1,745 | 20 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,776 | 20 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,265 | 14 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #1,543 | 24 |
| 1919 | — | #1,811 | 18 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,900 | 16 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | — | #1,782 | 16 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Willy! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Willy
- 372 spots since 2024 (#4,321 → #3,949)
- 924 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #3,949)
- 358 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #3,949)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1896 at #900 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1884–1906
- Highest: 1 in 16,644 boys born in 1906 were named Willy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #900 in 1896, was only 1 in 17,081 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 13.6% of all boys named Willy (535) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #971 (1884) | #971 |
| 1890s | 7 | #900 (1896) | #900 |
| 1900s | 21 | #927 (1906) | #1,028 |
| 1910s | 115 | #1,387 (1911) | #1,893 |
| 1920s | 196 | #1,543 (1920) | #1,789 |
| 1930s | 243 | #1,265 (1937) | #1,395 |
| 1940s | 282 | #1,145 (1948) | #1,323 |
| 1950s | 326 | #1,129 (1959) | #1,357 |
| 1960s | 420 | #1,013 (1962) | #1,219 |
| 1970s | 379 | #1,186 (1978) | #1,457 |
| 1980s | 383 | #1,456 (1981) | #1,666 |
| 1990s | 535 | #1,400 (1993) | #1,735 |
| 2000s | 503 | #1,871 (2001) | #2,299 |
| 2010s | 352 | #2,716 (2012) | #3,269 |
| 2020s | 170 | #3,025 (2020) | #3,908 |
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.
Willy in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 170,347 of them was named Willy, which outranked 30.8% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,561Zenia8
- #3,561Zera8
- #3,561Zilphia8
- #3,875Willy7
- #3,875Adrianne7
- #3,875Agusta7
- #3,875Alan7
- #4,286Aaron6
- #4,286Adalee6
- #4,286Adalene6
Tied with 410 names at #3,875; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 62,606 of them was named Willy, which outranked 61.0% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,796Umberto19
- #1,796Vinton19
- #1,796Wanda19
- #1,871Willy18
- #1,871Arsenio18
- #1,871Beecher18
- #1,871Bernardino18
- #1,959Adalberto17
- #1,959Alpheus17
- #1,959Antony17
Tied with 87 names at #1,871; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.