Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Willard

#379 most common boys' name of all time · #827 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#379
Rank overall
#827 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
78,542
Since 2016
444
Peak year
1915 #58
Best rank
#58 1915
Girls Boys peak 2,924/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Willard is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 47 47 #2,718
2024 — 42 42 #2,958
2023 — 43 43 #2,895
2022 — 41 41 #3,004
2021 — 29 29 #3,740
2020 — 44 44 #2,760
2019 — 46 46 #2,736
2018 — 50 50 #2,547
2017 — 55 55 #2,345
2016 — 47 47 #2,627
2015 — 44 44 #2,722
2014 — 35 35 #3,154
2013 — 31 31 #3,406
2012 — 47 47 #2,594
2011 — 36 36 #3,114
2010 — 49 49 #2,511
2009 — 40 40 #2,946
2008 — 57 57 #2,291
2007 — 48 48 #2,564
2006 — 56 56 #2,248
2005 — 60 60 #2,061
2004 — 63 63 #1,936
2003 — 59 59 #1,962
2002 — 64 64 #1,792
2001 — 61 61 #1,816
2000 — 60 60 #1,800
1999 — 59 59 #1,733
1998 — 64 64 #1,622
1997 — 66 66 #1,551
1996 — 67 67 #1,500
1995 — 83 83 #1,286
1994 — 72 72 #1,373
1993 — 76 76 #1,306
1992 — 89 89 #1,177
1991 — 81 81 #1,236
1990 — 91 91 #1,130
1989 — 113 113 #960
1988 — 99 99 #970
1987 — 117 117 #861
1986 — 111 111 #860
1985 — 105 105 #885
1984 — 103 103 #868
1983 — 128 128 #763
1982 — 130 130 #774
1981 — 136 136 #746
1980 — 164 164 #678
1979 — 171 171 #654
1978 — 155 155 #671
1977 — 172 172 #646
1976 — 177 177 #614
1975 — 229 229 #531
1974 — 198 198 #570
1973 — 220 220 #529
1972 — 284 284 #466
1971 — 306 306 #468
1970 — 350 350 #435
1969 5 311 316 #445
1968 5 339 344 #417
1967 6 394 400 #380
1966 — 388 388 #387
1965 — 413 413 #381
1964 — 438 438 #378
1963 — 497 497 #351
1962 — 460 460 #377
1961 7 506 513 #353
1960 5 543 548 #333
1959 — 572 572 #325
1958 — 586 586 #314
1957 — 636 636 #301
1956 5 654 659 #287
1955 — 723 723 #257
1954 6 676 682 #270
1953 6 767 773 #247
1952 6 799 805 #236
1951 — 778 778 #243
1950 5 841 846 #219
1949 8 927 935 #209
1948 — 950 950 #204
1947 7 1,025 1,032 #198
1946 — 1,057 1,057 #177
1945 6 957 963 #172
1944 9 1,040 1,049 #166
1943 7 1,231 1,238 #159
1942 10 1,191 1,201 #159
1941 9 1,085 1,094 #159
1940 10 1,140 1,150 #151
1939 8 1,103 1,111 #147
1938 11 1,095 1,106 #148
1937 14 1,163 1,177 #135
1936 11 1,157 1,168 #136
1935 13 1,214 1,227 #132
1934 11 1,175 1,186 #136
1933 18 1,283 1,301 #130
1932 12 1,357 1,369 #125
1931 25 1,376 1,401 #124
1930 21 1,537 1,558 #117
1929 21 1,511 1,532 #114
1928 13 1,628 1,641 #112
1927 31 1,734 1,765 #106
1926 25 1,810 1,835 #100
1925 29 1,795 1,824 #97
1924 26 1,834 1,860 #97
1923 23 1,945 1,968 #92
1922 24 2,017 2,041 #91
1921 29 2,077 2,106 #89
1920 31 2,089 2,120 #88
1919 33 2,014 2,047 #87
1918 43 2,311 2,354 #83
1917 41 2,188 2,229 #80
1916 32 2,413 2,445 #69
1915 35 2,889 2,924 #58
1914 28 1,302 1,330 #92
1913 20 926 946 #99
1912 19 718 737 #105
1911 15 338 353 #114
1910 10 265 275 #120
1909 13 219 232 #125
1908 9 229 238 #112
1907 6 201 207 #118
1906 11 178 189 #120
1905 14 180 194 #119
1904 8 180 188 #116
1903 8 162 170 #123
1902 — 164 164 #118
1901 — 136 136 #122
1900 9 172 181 #132
1899 7 144 151 #116
1898 5 137 142 #134
1897 — 143 143 #118
1896 — 152 152 #118
1895 — 113 113 #138
1894 — 122 122 #133
1893 — 118 118 #129
1892 — 121 121 #132
1891 — 101 101 #135
1890 — 89 89 #159
1889 — 100 100 #149
1888 — 123 123 #128
1887 — 95 95 #135
1886 — 80 80 #173
1885 — 95 95 #144
1884 — 89 89 #155
1883 — 92 92 #137
1882 — 83 83 #163
1881 — 94 94 #129
1880 — 88 88 #158