US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE WILLA

Same rise and fall as Willa, around the same years.

WHERE WILLA IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Willa ranked highest in Washington, D.C. (#221) and lowest in Illinois (#1,351). 11 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Willa name popularity

Willa has been given to 32,848 babies in the United States since 1880.

It peaked in 2019, when 889 babies got the name, and its best rank was #503 in 1932.

In 2025, 742 babies were named Willa (#862 in the country), 17% below the peak. That is up 10% from 2015.

Almost every Willa is a girl.

An estimated 18K people named Willa are alive in the US today, with a median age of 13.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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