Willie

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,315in 2025
  • 1 in 11,619boys in 2025
  • −46%last ten years
  • 2.1×in Georgia

Most popular in 1910.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

07,45914,91718801916195319892025

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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 146 recorded years as a table
Willie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18804,308
18814,944
18824,759
18834,530
18845,051
18855,696
18865,786
18875,818
18886,504
18896,403
18906,827
18917,303
18927,768
18937,853
18948,517
18959,123
18969,133
189710,208
18989,243
189910,244
190014,042
190112,154
190212,759
190312,195
190413,073
190513,469
190613,188
190713,404
190812,725
190913,263
191014,917
191111,028
19128,159
19137,336
19147,192
19156,404
19166,359
19176,214
19186,450
19197,083
19206,471
19215,894
19226,344
19236,081
19245,915
19256,384
19266,141
19276,184
19286,155
19296,151
19306,075
19315,736
19326,270
19336,034
19346,148
19356,076
19365,795
19375,842
19385,483
19395,699
19405,328
19415,313
19425,136
19435,029
19445,279
19455,223
19464,519
19474,371
19484,543
19494,462
19504,311
19513,838
19523,703
19533,578
19543,351
19553,218
19563,085
19572,879
19582,682
19592,518
19602,456
19612,255
19622,195
19632,065
19642,082
19652,047
19661,988
19671,945
19681,789
19691,705
19701,688
19711,618
19721,601
19731,534
19741,414
19751,392
19761,359
19771,316
19781,300
19791,251
19801,215
19811,098
19821,080
1983984
1984890
1985852
1986809
1987792
1988745
1989730
1990670
1991653
1992607
1993541
1994487
1995433
1996422
1997411
1998387
1999348
2000311
2001313
2002293
2003283
2004248
2005241
2006247
2007226
2008225
2009202
2010202
2011205
2012195
2013176
2014172
2015160
2016155
2017154
2018126
2019116
2020125
202192
2022101
202384
202480
202586

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Georgia 2.1×
  2. Florida 1.8×
  3. Texas 1.0×
  4. California 0.8×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
147
Rank in 2025
#1,315
How rare
1 in 11,619 boys
Since 1880
450,188

Most popular in 1910, at 14,917 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 46% per million boys born.

Top 4 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Georgia2.1×26
Florida1.8×43
Texas1.0×46
California0.8×36

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