Willes

Boy · recorded 1937–1939

  • 1939last recorded
  • 1937best year

Most popular in 1937.

Last recorded in 1939. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1937

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 2 recorded years as a table
Willes, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19375
19395

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Willes isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1939
5
Rank in 1939
#3,480
How rare
1 in 221,370 boys
Since 1937
10

Willes was last recorded in 1939. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1937, at 5 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Willes doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.