Willy
#2,026 most common boys' name of all time · #4,851 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1884–2025
Rank among boys
#2,026
Rank overall
#4,851 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
4,053
Since 2016
290
Peak year
1993 #1,400
Best rank
#962 1896
Girls
Boys
peak 69/yr
Willy first appears in 1884. 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 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,960 |
| 2024 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,325 |
| 2023 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,897 |
| 2022 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,622 |
| 2021 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,656 |
| 2020 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 2019 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,720 |
| 2018 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,002 |
| 2017 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,997 |
| 2016 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,994 |
| 2015 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,598 |
| 2014 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,162 |
| 2013 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,962 |
| 2012 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,720 |
| 2011 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,854 |
| 2010 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,734 |
| 2009 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2008 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,209 |
| 2007 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,534 |
| 2006 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,547 |
| 2005 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,404 |
| 2004 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,346 |
| 2003 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,207 |
| 2002 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,255 |
| 2001 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,875 |
| 2000 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,051 |
| 1999 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,804 |
| 1998 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,203 |
| 1997 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,130 |
| 1996 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,909 |
| 1995 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,809 |
| 1994 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,479 |
| 1993 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,400 |
| 1992 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,735 |
| 1991 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,504 |
| 1990 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,410 |
| 1989 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,035 |
| 1988 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,820 |
| 1987 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,513 |
| 1986 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,669 |
| 1985 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,548 |
| 1984 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,611 |
| 1983 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,797 |
| 1982 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,573 |
| 1981 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,462 |
| 1980 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,702 |
| 1979 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,606 |
| 1978 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,190 |
| 1977 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,454 |
| 1976 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,508 |
| 1975 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,606 |
| 1974 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,357 |
| 1973 | 6 | 48 | 54 | #1,193 |
| 1972 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,615 |
| 1971 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,647 |
| 1970 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,470 |
| 1969 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,542 |
| 1968 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1967 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,521 |
| 1966 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,353 |
| 1965 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,085 |
| 1964 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,226 |
| 1963 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,141 |
| 1962 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,019 |
| 1961 | 5 | 52 | 57 | #1,086 |
| 1960 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,075 |
| 1959 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,134 |
| 1958 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,175 |
| 1957 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,254 |
| 1956 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,456 |
| 1955 | 5 | 26 | 31 | #1,515 |
| 1954 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #1,394 |
| 1953 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,342 |
| 1952 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,717 |
| 1951 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,310 |
| 1950 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,374 |
| 1949 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #1,588 |
| 1948 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,150 |
| 1947 | 10 | 27 | 37 | #1,432 |
| 1946 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,532 |
| 1945 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,238 |
| 1944 | 8 | 31 | 39 | #1,201 |
| 1943 | 9 | 33 | 42 | #1,197 |
| 1942 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #1,440 |
| 1941 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,265 |
| 1940 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #1,294 |
| 1939 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,377 |
| 1938 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,454 |
| 1937 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,281 |
| 1936 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,339 |
| 1935 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,402 |
| 1934 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 1933 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #1,428 |
| 1932 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #1,673 |
| 1931 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,374 |
| 1930 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1929 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,582 |
| 1928 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1927 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #1,898 |
| 1926 | 7 | 21 | 28 | #1,689 |
| 1925 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,767 |
| 1924 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,799 |
| 1923 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #1,966 |
| 1922 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,975 |
| 1921 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,299 |
| 1920 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #1,567 |
| 1919 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,832 |
| 1918 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,293 |
| 1917 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,930 |
| 1916 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #2,435 |
| 1915 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,812 |
| 1914 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #1,898 |
| 1913 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #2,564 |
| 1912 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,674 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,468 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,495 |
| 1908 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,077 |
| 1906 | — | 8 | 8 | #985 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,243 |
| 1896 | — | 7 | 7 | #962 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,125 |