Willie Name Popularity

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How popular is Willie?

The less frequently given name Willie was the 934th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 1000 contender has enjoyed a rank in the top 1000 since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began keeping records.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #11 in 1910.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1947 with 7,997 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Willie in any given year was 224 in 2018.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Willie occurred roughly during the years 1885-1888, 1889-1892, 1897-1900, 1901-1905, 1906-1919, and 1939-1942, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1992-1995, and 2015-2017.

Where is the name Willie popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

Willie's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Willie has dropped.

The name Willie is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Willie has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Willie (Girl)		Willie (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		5	17,866	224	934
2017		5	18,234	282	805
2016		< 5	--	291	799
2015		< 5	--	304	775
2014		< 5	--	331	724
2013		5	19,104	330	709
2012		< 5	--	369	645
2011		< 5	--	390	614
2010		< 5	--	385	631
2009		5	20,053	400	624
2008		< 5	--	457	566
2007		6	17,528	469	549
2006		< 5	--	507	511
2005		< 5	--	481	512
2004		< 5	--	492	497
2003		< 5	--	557	453
2002		< 5	--	569	437
2001		< 5	--	608	413
2000		7	13,104	610	407
1999		< 5	--	668	385
1998		8	11,105	739	354
1997		8	10,800	774	335
1996		11	8,121	800	328
1995		11	8,062	824	319
1994		17	5,703	940	291
1993		25	4,252	1,062	272
1992		22	4,680	1,212	237
1991		14	6,576	1,319	224
1990		16	5,830	1,377	221
1989		38	2,929	1,460	202
1988		35	2,982	1,428	191
1987		42	2,489	1,478	186
1986		37	2,679	1,490	178
1985		34	2,802	1,574	171
1984		54	1,942	1,606	166
1983		45	2,197	1,763	156
1982		56	1,919	1,959	144
1981		54	1,982	1,966	141
1980		63	1,766	2,169	130
1979		61	1,794	2,154	125
1978		67	1,612	2,133	121
1977		62	1,699	2,165	124
1976		83	1,315	2,136	121
1975		89	1,268	2,175	118
1974		105	1,112	2,221	119
1973		119	1,001	2,392	109
1972		131	943	2,593	109
1971		137	943	2,863	115
1970		167	825	3,139	103
1969		195	721	3,048	101
1968		205	680	3,110	96
1967		242	612	3,391	92
1966		279	570	3,548	93
1965		335	522	3,805	93
1964		405	479	4,153	89
1963		407	479	4,191	93
1962		470	444	4,542	89
1961		503	440	4,783	86
1960		589	392	5,243	81
1959		632	379	5,374	78
1958		699	347	5,684	70
1957		786	326	6,205	63
1956		932	290	6,513	58
1955		931	283	6,627	54
1954		1,110	243	6,845	53
1953		1,156	237	7,051	49
1952		1,203	228	7,196	48
1951		1,272	215	7,229	45
1950		1,339	201	7,719	42
1949		1,531	179	7,913	41
1948		1,667	168	7,969	40
1947		1,684	173	7,997	42
1946		1,686	159	7,333	40
1945		1,777	137	7,027	31
1944		1,895	138	7,191	31
1943		1,994	139	7,183	36
1942		2,068	133	7,091	37
1941		1,859	136	6,531	36
1940		1,937	128	6,173	35
1939		1,951	126	6,305	33
1938		2,019	121	6,083	34
1937		2,193	114	6,229	32
1936		2,225	108	6,012	32
1935		2,371	99	6,328	30
1934		2,390	100	6,347	30
1933		2,445	93	5,982	32
1932		2,662	91	6,548	31
1931		2,597	93	5,962	31
1930		3,016	87	6,667	29
1929		3,321	76	6,614	29
1928		3,442	74	6,819	29
1927		3,883	71	6,968	27
1926		3,820	73	6,820	28
1925		3,946	68	7,124	27
1924		3,990	69	6,700	30
1923		3,964	67	6,663	30
1922		3,884	70	6,906	28
1921		3,748	74	6,489	34
1920		3,816	74	6,889	29
1919		4,050	61	6,942	23
1918		3,867	70	6,537	29
1917		3,381	72	5,751	31
1916		3,116	73	5,660	30
1915		3,041	72	5,434	30
1914		2,759	66	4,709	25
1913		2,264	65	3,760	24
1912		2,267	61	3,508	22
1911		1,637	61	2,492	14
1910		1,796	56	2,897	11
1909		1,549	54	2,175	13
1908		1,371	59	1,964	13
1907		1,394	56	1,968	13
1906		1,233	59	1,756	13
1905		1,285	59	1,782	13
1904		1,188	61	1,675	14
1903		1,014	67	1,454	14
1902		1,071	64	1,565	14
1901		901	68	1,294	16
1900		1,351	58	2,113	14
1899		806	73	1,088	18
1898		878	71	1,134	18
1897		818	70	1,151	18
1896		755	76	1,092	18
1895		724	78	1,071	18
1894		709	75	986	19
1893		648	77	882	19
1892		631	78	948	19
1891		562	78	739	21
1890		578	77	758	23
1889		488	85	708	26
1888		522	79	786	24
1887		379	88	590	27
1886		388	88	641	28
1885		312	95	614	29
1884		332	93	578	31
1883		264	96	474	34
1882		291	89	541	31
1881		229	94	498	30
1880		192	105	476	34

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.