Willow
Rank in 2025
#44
recorded as girls
#4396
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
4,786
girls 4,763 · boys 23
Peak year
2021
5,195 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
65,560
since 1890
Born a Willow? 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
Willow was most popular in 2021, when 5,195 babies recorded as girls got the name (3.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 4,763 babies were named Willow, ranking #44 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,763 | 44 | 23 | 4396 |
| 2024 | 4,672 | 41 | 30 | 3693 |
| 2023 | 4,765 | 41 | 48 | 2693 |
| 2022 | 5,072 | 37 | 39 | 3100 |
| 2021 | 5,195 | 39 | 36 | 3242 |
| 2020 | 4,401 | 48 | 19 | 4855 |
| 2019 | 4,609 | 45 | 27 | 3899 |
| 2018 | 3,933 | 60 | 27 | 3891 |
| 2017 | 3,569 | 80 | 13 | 6338 |
| 2016 | 3,125 | 96 | 17 | 5318 |
| 2015 | 2,811 | 111 | 15 | 5746 |
| 2014 | 2,410 | 136 | 15 | 5733 |
| 2013 | 2,079 | 155 | 20 | 4621 |
| 2012 | 1,839 | 171 | 15 | 5720 |
| 2011 | 1,575 | 199 | 8 | 8767 |
| 2010 | 1,122 | 288 | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | 1,054 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 797 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 771 | 425 | 12 | 6622 |
| 2006 | 578 | 523 | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | 542 | 532 | 7 | 9115 |
| 2004 | 519 | 548 | 8 | 8143 |
| 2003 | 537 | 525 | 7 | 8643 |
| 2002 | 546 | 504 | 7 | 8456 |
| 2001 | 379 | 664 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 301 | 757 | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | 310 | 727 | 12 | 5317 |
| 1998 | 250 | 852 | 6 | 8479 |
| 1997 | 169 | 1110 | 6 | 8110 |
| 1996 | 125 | 1348 | 8 | 6496 |
| 1995 | 90 | 1640 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 84 | 1744 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 51 | 2451 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 54 | 2386 | 5 | 8435 |
| 1991 | 55 | 2320 | 6 | 7271 |
| 1990 | 29 | 3623 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 35 | 3045 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 26 | 3585 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 21 | 3983 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 22 | 3757 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 37 | 2601 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 30 | 2915 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 32 | 2721 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 40 | 2414 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 41 | 2375 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 60 | 1805 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 62 | 1753 | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | 75 | 1502 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 64 | 1637 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 66 | 1535 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 53 | 1756 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 54 | 1688 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 43 | 1913 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 32 | 2311 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 33 | 2340 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 20 | 3208 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 17 | 3318 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 15 | 3456 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 10 | 4300 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 14 | 3400 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 11 | 3952 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 20 | 2825 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 12 | 3801 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 12 | 3782 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 13 | 3608 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 15 | 3212 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 13 | 3436 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 8 | 4520 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 14 | 3150 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 16 | 2929 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 21 | 2411 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 12 | 3325 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 17 | 2595 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 10 | 3552 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 13 | 2937 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 14 | 2781 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 12 | 2999 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 18 | 2329 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 24 | 1993 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 20 | 2094 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 21 | 1825 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 23 | 1742 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 14 | 2447 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 12 | 2666 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 15 | 2190 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 16 | 2029 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 19 | 1797 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 22 | 1650 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 13 | 2317 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 24 | 1507 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 14 | 2206 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 23 | 1556 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 24 | 1513 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 26 | 1488 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 24 | 1549 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 19 | 1875 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 26 | 1526 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 30 | 1425 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 23 | 1771 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 35 | 1325 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 27 | 1609 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 26 | 1679 | 6 | 3867 |
| 1923 | 27 | 1598 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 15 | 2387 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 23 | 1821 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 20 | 1952 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 14 | 2384 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 15 | 2289 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 10 | 2879 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 20 | 1739 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 23 | 1523 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 11 | 2125 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 12 | 1766 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 6 | 2634 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | 2208 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 9 | 1439 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 5 | 2061 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 8 | 1416 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 8 | 1364 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 5 | 1793 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 5 | 1338 | <5 | — |
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Where Willow is most popular
- Vermont3.4×
- West Virginia3.3×
- Maine2.7×
- Wyoming2.4×
- South Dakota2.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years