Willa
Rank in 2025
#422
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
742
girls 742
Peak year
2020
887 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
32,848
since 1880
Born a Willa? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Willa was most popular in 2020, when 887 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.55 per 1,000). In 2025, 742 babies were named Willa, ranking #422 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 742 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 733 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 721 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 791 | 395 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 887 | 351 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 887 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 889 | 356 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 813 | 383 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 699 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 689 | 461 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 675 | 480 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 562 | 551 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 406 | 697 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 389 | 716 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 261 | 981 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 269 | 951 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 252 | 1032 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 247 | 1057 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 201 | 1233 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 116 | 1788 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 121 | 1645 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 99 | 1895 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 96 | 1896 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 97 | 1844 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 59 | 2571 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 56 | 2632 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 64 | 2307 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 46 | 2846 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 33 | 3448 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 35 | 3302 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 49 | 2552 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 48 | 2585 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 41 | 2882 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 31 | 3503 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 30 | 3540 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 27 | 3813 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 32 | 3253 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 32 | 3095 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 24 | 3624 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 30 | 3054 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 24 | 3517 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 37 | 2515 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 23 | 3431 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 27 | 3172 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 30 | 2928 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 24 | 3411 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 34 | 2621 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 32 | 2629 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 27 | 2909 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 24 | 3002 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 28 | 2680 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 27 | 2683 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 29 | 2506 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 34 | 2222 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 48 | 1828 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 50 | 1781 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 44 | 1871 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 41 | 1855 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 74 | 1239 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 76 | 1232 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 92 | 1089 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 109 | 1032 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 98 | 1099 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 135 | 911 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 138 | 918 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 149 | 851 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 139 | 879 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 163 | 783 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 169 | 767 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 185 | 703 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 237 | 599 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 226 | 603 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 229 | 583 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 276 | 508 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 238 | 546 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 256 | 506 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 293 | 469 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 244 | 530 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 303 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 300 | 447 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 344 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 371 | 360 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 364 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 421 | 338 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 400 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 375 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 375 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 368 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 405 | 308 | 6 | 3175 |
| 1936 | 454 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 414 | 297 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 486 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 462 | 280 | 6 | 3268 |
| 1932 | 515 | 273 | 5 | 3776 |
| 1931 | 450 | 300 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 512 | 291 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 494 | 294 | 7 | 3247 |
| 1928 | 500 | 299 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 566 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 536 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 521 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 471 | 307 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 457 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 416 | 318 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 407 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 424 | 317 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 382 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 425 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 336 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 316 | 348 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 292 | 346 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 251 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 208 | 334 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 180 | 344 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 145 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 134 | 340 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 123 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 99 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 106 | 338 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 97 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 92 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 91 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 79 | 355 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 64 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 55 | 397 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 84 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 61 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 60 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 58 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 67 | 355 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 53 | 384 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 43 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 48 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 51 | 373 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 35 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 51 | 358 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 40 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 39 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 31 | 390 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 31 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 25 | 413 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 16 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 20 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 15 | 475 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | 539 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 12 | 492 | <5 | — |
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Where Willa is most popular
- Nebraska3.9×
- North Dakota3.3×
- Minnesota2.7×
- Iowa2.4×
- New Hampshire2.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years