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.

Willies

#16,499 most common boys' name of all time · #43,110 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1919–1956

Rank among boys
#16,499
Rank overall
#43,110 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
85
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #3,168
Best rank
#3,168 1923
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19201940

Willies first appears in 1919. 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
1956 — 5 5 #4,238
1949 — 6 6 #3,596
1944 — 5 5 #3,793
1936 — 5 5 #3,938
1934 — 7 7 #3,242
1933 — 5 5 #4,054
1928 — 5 5 #4,605
1925 — 7 7 #3,715
1924 — 5 5 #4,795
1923 — 9 9 #3,168
1922 — 7 7 #3,837
1921 — 7 7 #3,843
1920 — 7 7 #3,793
1919 — 5 5 #4,805