Willie**
#56 most common boys' name of all time · #102 across all names · 75% male / 25% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#56
Rank overall
#102 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
596,385
Since 2016
2,042
Peak year
1925 #27
Best rank
#11 1910
Girls
Boys
peak 11,071/yr
Willie 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 147 | 156 | #1,315 |
| 2024 | 6 | 138 | 144 | #1,364 |
| 2023 | 6 | 144 | 150 | #1,323 |
| 2022 | 10 | 176 | 186 | #1,166 |
| 2021 | — | 161 | 161 | #1,200 |
| 2020 | — | 215 | 215 | #992 |
| 2019 | 5 | 208 | 213 | #1,004 |
| 2018 | 5 | 228 | 233 | #929 |
| 2017 | 5 | 285 | 290 | #802 |
| 2016 | — | 294 | 294 | #797 |
| 2015 | — | 307 | 307 | #774 |
| 2014 | — | 331 | 331 | #725 |
| 2013 | 5 | 332 | 337 | #707 |
| 2012 | — | 369 | 369 | #646 |
| 2011 | — | 390 | 390 | #614 |
| 2010 | — | 388 | 388 | #626 |
| 2009 | 5 | 401 | 406 | #621 |
| 2008 | — | 460 | 460 | #565 |
| 2007 | 6 | 470 | 476 | #547 |
| 2006 | — | 507 | 507 | #511 |
| 2005 | — | 481 | 481 | #511 |
| 2004 | — | 492 | 492 | #497 |
| 2003 | — | 559 | 559 | #451 |
| 2002 | — | 569 | 569 | #437 |
| 2001 | — | 608 | 608 | #412 |
| 2000 | 7 | 610 | 617 | #407 |
| 1999 | — | 668 | 668 | #385 |
| 1998 | 8 | 739 | 747 | #354 |
| 1997 | 8 | 774 | 782 | #335 |
| 1996 | 11 | 800 | 811 | #327 |
| 1995 | 11 | 824 | 835 | #317 |
| 1994 | 17 | 941 | 958 | #291 |
| 1993 | 25 | 1,062 | 1,087 | #272 |
| 1992 | 22 | 1,212 | 1,234 | #237 |
| 1991 | 14 | 1,319 | 1,333 | #224 |
| 1990 | 16 | 1,377 | 1,393 | #221 |
| 1989 | 38 | 1,460 | 1,498 | #202 |
| 1988 | 35 | 1,427 | 1,462 | #191 |
| 1987 | 42 | 1,479 | 1,521 | #186 |
| 1986 | 37 | 1,490 | 1,527 | #178 |
| 1985 | 34 | 1,574 | 1,608 | #171 |
| 1984 | 54 | 1,606 | 1,660 | #166 |
| 1983 | 45 | 1,763 | 1,808 | #155 |
| 1982 | 56 | 1,959 | 2,015 | #144 |
| 1981 | 54 | 1,967 | 2,021 | #141 |
| 1980 | 63 | 2,167 | 2,230 | #130 |
| 1979 | 61 | 2,153 | 2,214 | #125 |
| 1978 | 67 | 2,135 | 2,202 | #121 |
| 1977 | 62 | 2,163 | 2,225 | #124 |
| 1976 | 83 | 2,132 | 2,215 | #121 |
| 1975 | 89 | 2,174 | 2,263 | #117 |
| 1974 | 105 | 2,223 | 2,328 | #119 |
| 1973 | 119 | 2,391 | 2,510 | #109 |
| 1972 | 131 | 2,596 | 2,727 | #109 |
| 1971 | 137 | 2,862 | 2,999 | #115 |
| 1970 | 167 | 3,137 | 3,304 | #103 |
| 1969 | 195 | 3,048 | 3,243 | #101 |
| 1968 | 205 | 3,109 | 3,314 | #96 |
| 1967 | 241 | 3,391 | 3,632 | #92 |
| 1966 | 280 | 3,546 | 3,826 | #93 |
| 1965 | 334 | 3,807 | 4,141 | #93 |
| 1964 | 406 | 4,148 | 4,554 | #90 |
| 1963 | 407 | 4,194 | 4,601 | #93 |
| 1962 | 469 | 4,541 | 5,010 | #89 |
| 1961 | 504 | 4,790 | 5,294 | #86 |
| 1960 | 590 | 5,238 | 5,828 | #81 |
| 1959 | 632 | 5,374 | 6,006 | #78 |
| 1958 | 698 | 5,693 | 6,391 | #70 |
| 1957 | 785 | 6,211 | 6,996 | #63 |
| 1956 | 931 | 6,525 | 7,456 | #58 |
| 1955 | 933 | 6,629 | 7,562 | #54 |
| 1954 | 1,111 | 6,832 | 7,943 | #53 |
| 1953 | 1,157 | 7,056 | 8,213 | #49 |
| 1952 | 1,198 | 7,197 | 8,395 | #48 |
| 1951 | 1,276 | 7,226 | 8,502 | #45 |
| 1950 | 1,338 | 7,717 | 9,055 | #42 |
| 1949 | 1,532 | 7,916 | 9,448 | #41 |
| 1948 | 1,667 | 7,971 | 9,638 | #40 |
| 1947 | 1,683 | 7,997 | 9,680 | #42 |
| 1946 | 1,687 | 7,339 | 9,026 | #40 |
| 1945 | 1,777 | 7,030 | 8,807 | #31 |
| 1944 | 1,894 | 7,195 | 9,089 | #31 |
| 1943 | 1,994 | 7,178 | 9,172 | #36 |
| 1942 | 2,067 | 7,094 | 9,161 | #37 |
| 1941 | 1,860 | 6,526 | 8,386 | #36 |
| 1940 | 1,937 | 6,176 | 8,113 | #35 |
| 1939 | 1,952 | 6,308 | 8,260 | #33 |
| 1938 | 2,019 | 6,081 | 8,100 | #34 |
| 1937 | 2,194 | 6,231 | 8,425 | #32 |
| 1936 | 2,224 | 6,011 | 8,235 | #32 |
| 1935 | 2,370 | 6,327 | 8,697 | #30 |
| 1934 | 2,388 | 6,348 | 8,736 | #30 |
| 1933 | 2,449 | 5,983 | 8,432 | #32 |
| 1932 | 2,662 | 6,547 | 9,209 | #31 |
| 1931 | 2,597 | 5,963 | 8,560 | #31 |
| 1930 | 3,018 | 6,667 | 9,685 | #29 |
| 1929 | 3,318 | 6,616 | 9,934 | #29 |
| 1928 | 3,444 | 6,817 | 10,261 | #29 |
| 1927 | 3,884 | 6,969 | 10,853 | #27 |
| 1926 | 3,817 | 6,820 | 10,637 | #28 |
| 1925 | 3,947 | 7,124 | 11,071 | #27 |
| 1924 | 3,992 | 6,700 | 10,692 | #30 |
| 1923 | 3,963 | 6,665 | 10,628 | #30 |
| 1922 | 3,885 | 6,903 | 10,788 | #28 |
| 1921 | 3,748 | 6,492 | 10,240 | #34 |
| 1920 | 3,816 | 6,887 | 10,703 | #29 |
| 1919 | 4,051 | 6,942 | 10,993 | #23 |
| 1918 | 3,867 | 6,537 | 10,404 | #29 |
| 1917 | 3,381 | 5,751 | 9,132 | #31 |
| 1916 | 3,116 | 5,660 | 8,776 | #30 |
| 1915 | 3,041 | 5,434 | 8,475 | #30 |
| 1914 | 2,759 | 4,709 | 7,468 | #25 |
| 1913 | 2,264 | 3,760 | 6,024 | #24 |
| 1912 | 2,267 | 3,508 | 5,775 | #22 |
| 1911 | 1,637 | 2,492 | 4,129 | #14 |
| 1910 | 1,796 | 2,897 | 4,693 | #11 |
| 1909 | 1,549 | 2,175 | 3,724 | #13 |
| 1908 | 1,371 | 1,964 | 3,335 | #13 |
| 1907 | 1,394 | 1,968 | 3,362 | #13 |
| 1906 | 1,233 | 1,756 | 2,989 | #13 |
| 1905 | 1,285 | 1,782 | 3,067 | #13 |
| 1904 | 1,188 | 1,675 | 2,863 | #14 |
| 1903 | 1,014 | 1,454 | 2,468 | #14 |
| 1902 | 1,071 | 1,565 | 2,636 | #14 |
| 1901 | 901 | 1,294 | 2,195 | #16 |
| 1900 | 1,351 | 2,113 | 3,464 | #14 |
| 1899 | 806 | 1,088 | 1,894 | #18 |
| 1898 | 878 | 1,134 | 2,012 | #18 |
| 1897 | 818 | 1,151 | 1,969 | #18 |
| 1896 | 755 | 1,092 | 1,847 | #18 |
| 1895 | 724 | 1,071 | 1,795 | #18 |
| 1894 | 709 | 986 | 1,695 | #19 |
| 1893 | 648 | 882 | 1,530 | #19 |
| 1892 | 631 | 948 | 1,579 | #19 |
| 1891 | 562 | 739 | 1,301 | #21 |
| 1890 | 578 | 758 | 1,336 | #23 |
| 1889 | 488 | 708 | 1,196 | #26 |
| 1888 | 522 | 786 | 1,308 | #24 |
| 1887 | 379 | 590 | 969 | #27 |
| 1886 | 388 | 641 | 1,029 | #28 |
| 1885 | 312 | 614 | 926 | #29 |
| 1884 | 332 | 578 | 910 | #31 |
| 1883 | 264 | 474 | 738 | #34 |
| 1882 | 291 | 541 | 832 | #31 |
| 1881 | 229 | 498 | 727 | #30 |
| 1880 | 192 | 476 | 668 | #34 |