Willis
#494 most common boys' name of all time · #1,064 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#494
Rank overall
#1,064 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
53,154
Since 2016
556
Peak year
1924 #136
Best rank
#86 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 1,276/yr
Willis 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 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,539 |
| 2024 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,638 |
| 2023 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,316 |
| 2022 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2021 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,253 |
| 2020 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,212 |
| 2019 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,583 |
| 2018 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,385 |
| 2017 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,493 |
| 2016 | — | 70 | 70 | #2,029 |
| 2015 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,956 |
| 2014 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,829 |
| 2013 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,878 |
| 2012 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,863 |
| 2011 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,887 |
| 2010 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,402 |
| 2009 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,078 |
| 2008 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,237 |
| 2007 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,812 |
| 2006 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,758 |
| 2005 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,922 |
| 2004 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,881 |
| 2003 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,611 |
| 2002 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,683 |
| 2001 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,481 |
| 2000 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,241 |
| 1999 | — | 109 | 109 | #1,182 |
| 1998 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,172 |
| 1997 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,228 |
| 1996 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,071 |
| 1995 | — | 115 | 115 | #1,040 |
| 1994 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,018 |
| 1993 | — | 127 | 127 | #953 |
| 1992 | — | 126 | 126 | #956 |
| 1991 | — | 163 | 163 | #809 |
| 1990 | — | 159 | 159 | #804 |
| 1989 | 5 | 166 | 171 | #770 |
| 1988 | — | 183 | 183 | #692 |
| 1987 | — | 169 | 169 | #703 |
| 1986 | — | 176 | 176 | #680 |
| 1985 | — | 186 | 186 | #642 |
| 1984 | — | 186 | 186 | #625 |
| 1983 | — | 203 | 203 | #601 |
| 1982 | — | 227 | 227 | #570 |
| 1981 | — | 199 | 199 | #607 |
| 1980 | — | 228 | 228 | #573 |
| 1979 | — | 233 | 233 | #564 |
| 1978 | — | 214 | 214 | #573 |
| 1977 | — | 232 | 232 | #548 |
| 1976 | — | 181 | 181 | #609 |
| 1975 | — | 203 | 203 | #566 |
| 1974 | — | 199 | 199 | #568 |
| 1973 | — | 193 | 193 | #571 |
| 1972 | — | 245 | 245 | #503 |
| 1971 | — | 253 | 253 | #513 |
| 1970 | — | 260 | 260 | #500 |
| 1969 | — | 227 | 227 | #515 |
| 1968 | — | 230 | 230 | #498 |
| 1967 | — | 237 | 237 | #486 |
| 1966 | — | 254 | 254 | #482 |
| 1965 | 5 | 300 | 305 | #449 |
| 1964 | — | 324 | 324 | #445 |
| 1963 | 9 | 340 | 349 | #432 |
| 1962 | — | 375 | 375 | #415 |
| 1961 | 8 | 357 | 365 | #419 |
| 1960 | — | 414 | 414 | #389 |
| 1959 | 5 | 407 | 412 | #395 |
| 1958 | — | 416 | 416 | #383 |
| 1957 | 8 | 447 | 455 | #361 |
| 1956 | 13 | 444 | 457 | #350 |
| 1955 | 10 | 452 | 462 | #343 |
| 1954 | — | 447 | 447 | #337 |
| 1953 | 6 | 480 | 486 | #322 |
| 1952 | 6 | 513 | 519 | #314 |
| 1951 | 16 | 504 | 520 | #309 |
| 1950 | 11 | 476 | 487 | #313 |
| 1949 | 5 | 479 | 484 | #310 |
| 1948 | 6 | 584 | 590 | #278 |
| 1947 | 11 | 600 | 611 | #279 |
| 1946 | 18 | 584 | 602 | #259 |
| 1945 | 5 | 579 | 584 | #231 |
| 1944 | 8 | 623 | 631 | #219 |
| 1943 | 18 | 752 | 770 | #208 |
| 1942 | 13 | 666 | 679 | #219 |
| 1941 | 11 | 685 | 696 | #201 |
| 1940 | 5 | 609 | 614 | #209 |
| 1939 | 12 | 693 | 705 | #191 |
| 1938 | 13 | 731 | 744 | #187 |
| 1937 | 21 | 724 | 745 | #184 |
| 1936 | 17 | 768 | 785 | #175 |
| 1935 | 22 | 789 | 811 | #173 |
| 1934 | 19 | 867 | 886 | #166 |
| 1933 | 17 | 812 | 829 | #170 |
| 1932 | 21 | 911 | 932 | #165 |
| 1931 | 21 | 931 | 952 | #161 |
| 1930 | 18 | 965 | 983 | #159 |
| 1929 | 20 | 1,030 | 1,050 | #150 |
| 1928 | 21 | 1,085 | 1,106 | #148 |
| 1927 | 29 | 1,058 | 1,087 | #149 |
| 1926 | 31 | 1,233 | 1,264 | #140 |
| 1925 | 23 | 1,198 | 1,221 | #139 |
| 1924 | 15 | 1,261 | 1,276 | #136 |
| 1923 | 32 | 1,183 | 1,215 | #138 |
| 1922 | 25 | 1,250 | 1,275 | #133 |
| 1921 | 25 | 1,209 | 1,234 | #133 |
| 1920 | 19 | 1,197 | 1,216 | #133 |
| 1919 | 29 | 1,136 | 1,165 | #131 |
| 1918 | 17 | 1,091 | 1,108 | #141 |
| 1917 | 25 | 954 | 979 | #140 |
| 1916 | 19 | 990 | 1,009 | #136 |
| 1915 | 15 | 950 | 965 | #137 |
| 1914 | 9 | 743 | 752 | #135 |
| 1913 | 10 | 573 | 583 | #136 |
| 1912 | 11 | 453 | 464 | #141 |
| 1911 | 14 | 233 | 247 | #144 |
| 1910 | 7 | 216 | 223 | #149 |
| 1909 | 11 | 189 | 200 | #139 |
| 1908 | 7 | 161 | 168 | #146 |
| 1907 | — | 146 | 146 | #156 |
| 1906 | — | 148 | 148 | #139 |
| 1905 | — | 136 | 136 | #153 |
| 1904 | — | 136 | 136 | #144 |
| 1903 | — | 133 | 133 | #141 |
| 1902 | — | 144 | 144 | #134 |
| 1901 | 9 | 106 | 115 | #149 |
| 1900 | — | 169 | 169 | #134 |
| 1899 | 7 | 126 | 133 | #128 |
| 1898 | — | 121 | 121 | #143 |
| 1897 | — | 132 | 132 | #124 |
| 1896 | — | 145 | 145 | #120 |
| 1895 | — | 135 | 135 | #124 |
| 1894 | — | 133 | 133 | #118 |
| 1893 | — | 149 | 149 | #112 |
| 1892 | — | 143 | 143 | #119 |
| 1891 | — | 118 | 118 | #117 |
| 1890 | — | 129 | 129 | #118 |
| 1889 | — | 124 | 124 | #115 |
| 1888 | — | 135 | 135 | #119 |
| 1887 | 5 | 113 | 118 | #117 |
| 1886 | — | 150 | 150 | #103 |
| 1885 | — | 133 | 133 | #106 |
| 1884 | — | 151 | 151 | #100 |
| 1883 | — | 131 | 131 | #103 |
| 1882 | — | 143 | 143 | #104 |
| 1881 | — | 142 | 142 | #93 |
| 1880 | — | 166 | 166 | #86 |