Willy

Boy · recorded 1884–2025

  • #3,949in 2025
  • 1 in 63,262boys in 2025
  • +1%last ten years

Most popular in 1906.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1884

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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 121 recorded years as a table
Willy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188444
189659
190241
190660
190852
191031
191131
191223
191312
191418
191519
191612
191717
191813
191918
192023
192113
192216
192316
192418
192518
192619
192716
192821
192920
193026
193125
193218
193323
193423
193523
193624
193726
193820
193922
194023
194123
194217
194323
194423
194522
194614
194715
194822
194912
195016
195117
195210
195316
195415
195513
195614
195718
195820
195922
196024
196124
196228
196323
196420
196525
196618
196715
196823
196916
197018
197116
197218
197331
197425
197520
197623
197724
197834
197921
198019
198124
198221
198317
198421
198523
198621
198725
198819
198917
199031
199129
199225
199335
199433
199525
199625
199722
199821
199929
200025
200130
200224
200325
200424
200524
200623
200724
200829
200924
201023
201122
201223
201320
201418
201516
201614
201714
201821
201916
202022
202117
202218
202312
202414
202516

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Willy 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
27
Rank in 2025
#3,949
How rare
1 in 63,262 boys
Since 1884
3,937

Most popular in 1906, at 60 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 1% per million boys born.

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