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.

Willer*

#25,768 most common girls' name of all time · #41,819 across all names · 5% male / 95% female · used 1901–1941 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#25,768
Rank overall
#41,819 of 105,966
First appeared
1901
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
92
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1925 #2,857
Best rank
#1,942 1901
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
19201940

Willer first appears in 1901. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1941 5 — 5 #4,577
1939 8 — 8 #3,273
1937 6 — 6 #3,924
1935 7 — 7 #3,539
1934 5 — 5 #4,452
1931 5 — 5 #4,504
1928 5 — 5 #4,881
1925 12 — 12 #2,857
1924 5 5 10 #5,228
1923 8 — 8 #3,745
1919 6 — 6 #4,414
1918 5 — 5 #4,976
1916 5 — 5 #4,580
1901 5 — 5 #1,942