Willie

Unisex

Willie has been given to 596,385 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1925.

Meaning & origin /ˈwɪli/

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

596,385

Peak year

1925 (11,071 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -49%

Gender split

25% girls / 75% boys

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American country musician (born 1933)

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American baseball player (1931–2024)

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American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Willie.

590,106 babies since 1880

641,662 babies since 1880

542,270 babies since 1880

654,968 babies since 1880

483,475 babies since 1880

476,457 babies since 1880

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452,998 babies since 1880

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