Willson
#8,656 most common boys' name of all time · #21,861 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025
Rank among boys
#8,656
Rank overall
#21,861 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
368
Since 2016
90
Peak year
2014 #6,028
Best rank
#2,648 1914
Girls
Boys
peak 14/yr
Willson first appears in 1914. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,988 |
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,474 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,823 |
| 2021 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,128 |
| 2020 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,024 |
| 2019 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,446 |
| 2018 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,674 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,907 |
| 2016 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,405 |
| 2015 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,114 |
| 2014 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,028 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,182 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,087 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,699 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,890 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,947 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,382 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,252 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,682 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,258 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,036 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,314 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,724 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,120 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,899 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,700 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,141 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,023 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,927 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,624 |
| 1990 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,456 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,359 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,309 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,232 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,095 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,755 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,732 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,776 |
| 1927 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,630 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,489 |
| 1921 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,126 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,404 |
| 1918 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,413 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,225 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,714 |
| 1914 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,648 |