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.

Willow

#510 most common girls' name of all time · #938 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1890–2025

Rank among girls
#510
Rank overall
#938 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
65,560
Since 2016
44,383
Peak year
2021 #39
Best rank
#37 2022
Girls Boys peak 5,231/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Willow first appears in 1890. 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
2025 4,763 23 4,786 #44
2024 4,672 30 4,702 #41
2023 4,765 48 4,813 #41
2022 5,072 39 5,111 #37
2021 5,195 36 5,231 #39
2020 4,401 19 4,420 #48
2019 4,609 27 4,636 #45
2018 3,933 27 3,960 #60
2017 3,569 13 3,582 #80
2016 3,125 17 3,142 #96
2015 2,811 15 2,826 #111
2014 2,410 15 2,425 #136
2013 2,079 20 2,099 #155
2012 1,839 15 1,854 #171
2011 1,575 8 1,583 #199
2010 1,122 7 1,129 #288
2009 1,054 — 1,054 #312
2008 797 — 797 #405
2007 771 12 783 #425
2006 578 5 583 #523
2005 542 7 549 #532
2004 519 8 527 #548
2003 537 7 544 #526
2002 546 7 553 #505
2001 379 — 379 #665
2000 301 6 307 #759
1999 310 12 322 #727
1998 250 6 256 #852
1997 169 6 175 #1,111
1996 125 8 133 #1,349
1995 90 — 90 #1,643
1994 84 — 84 #1,744
1993 51 — 51 #2,457
1992 54 5 59 #2,394
1991 55 6 61 #2,324
1990 29 — 29 #3,638
1989 35 — 35 #3,050
1988 26 — 26 #3,602
1987 21 — 21 #4,001
1986 22 — 22 #3,781
1985 37 — 37 #2,610
1984 30 — 30 #2,919
1983 32 — 32 #2,731
1982 40 — 40 #2,418
1981 41 — 41 #2,380
1980 60 — 60 #1,810
1979 62 5 67 #1,757
1978 75 — 75 #1,505
1977 64 — 64 #1,643
1976 66 — 66 #1,539
1975 53 — 53 #1,758
1974 54 — 54 #1,694
1973 43 — 43 #1,919
1972 32 — 32 #2,320
1971 33 — 33 #2,347
1970 20 — 20 #3,222
1969 17 — 17 #3,352
1968 15 — 15 #3,481
1967 10 — 10 #4,343
1966 14 — 14 #3,426
1965 11 — 11 #3,997
1964 20 — 20 #2,847
1963 12 — 12 #3,836
1962 12 — 12 #3,817
1961 13 — 13 #3,645
1960 15 — 15 #3,237
1959 13 — 13 #3,479
1958 8 — 8 #4,573
1957 14 — 14 #3,176
1956 16 — 16 #2,969
1955 21 — 21 #2,426
1954 12 — 12 #3,372
1953 17 — 17 #2,622
1952 10 — 10 #3,603
1951 13 — 13 #2,980
1950 14 — 14 #2,813
1949 12 — 12 #3,043
1948 18 — 18 #2,350
1947 24 — 24 #2,009
1946 20 — 20 #2,116
1945 21 — 21 #1,849
1944 23 — 23 #1,760
1943 14 — 14 #2,485
1942 12 — 12 #2,711
1941 15 — 15 #2,216
1940 16 — 16 #2,056
1939 19 — 19 #1,835
1938 22 — 22 #1,671
1937 13 — 13 #2,364
1936 24 — 24 #1,524
1935 14 — 14 #2,241
1934 23 — 23 #1,575
1933 24 — 24 #1,531
1932 26 — 26 #1,499
1931 24 — 24 #1,570
1930 19 — 19 #1,897
1929 26 — 26 #1,541
1928 30 — 30 #1,447
1927 23 — 23 #1,795
1926 35 — 35 #1,346
1925 27 — 27 #1,631
1924 26 6 32 #1,697
1923 27 — 27 #1,619
1922 15 — 15 #2,423
1921 23 — 23 #1,839
1920 20 — 20 #1,980
1919 14 — 14 #2,435
1918 15 — 15 #2,323
1917 10 — 10 #2,959
1916 20 — 20 #1,767
1915 23 — 23 #1,555
1914 11 — 11 #2,179
1913 12 — 12 #1,836
1912 6 — 6 #2,726
1909 5 — 5 #2,332
1908 9 — 9 #1,501
1907 5 — 5 #2,198
1906 8 — 8 #1,499
1904 8 — 8 #1,438
1902 5 — 5 #1,906
1890 5 — 5 #1,532