Meaning not yet researched.
Willa: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 742 in 2025. Its best rank was #274 in 1932.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #274 in 1932; #422 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Willa in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#422 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1932, at #274.
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Willa: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 742 girls in 2025. Peak: #274 in 1932 · most girls in one year: 889 (2019).
In 2025, 742 US girls were named Willa, making it the 422nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 1 place from #423 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 733 girls named Willa in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #274, reached in 1932. The most girls given the name in a single year was 889, in 2019. For comparison, it was #481 in 2015 and #507 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Willa in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 12 babies with the name. In all, 32,848 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 5,652 babies named Willa.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,851 US girls were named Willa; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 889. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,166 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Willa ranked highest in North Dakota in 2025, at #115 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Willah, Wylla and Wyla are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Willah (59), Wylla (46), Wyla (34), Wila (15).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Willa in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 11 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 9 | #115 | — |
| Colorado | 36 | #165 | #324 |
| Minnesota | 33 | #166 | #156 |
| Montana | 7 | #167 | — |
| Nebraska | 14 | #168 | #180 |
| Iowa | 17 | #198 | #328 |
| Wisconsin | 27 | #212 | #349 |
| Oregon | 17 | #222 | #259 |
| Idaho | 9 | #276 | #443 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #277 | — |
| Arkansas | 11 | #299 | #358 |
| Missouri | 20 | #310 | #492 |
| Massachusetts | 19 | #312 | #272 |
| Kansas | 11 | #323 | #405 |
| Washington | 23 | #331 | #390 |
| Tennessee | 25 | #334 | #315 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #337 | — |
| Michigan | 25 | #363 | #550 |
| Alabama | 14 | #369 | #446 |
| North Carolina | 30 | #370 | #598 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #371 | — |
| Oklahoma | 11 | #396 | #754 |
| Kentucky | 11 | #403 | #427 |
| Utah | 11 | #407 | #623 |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | #411 | #464 |
| Indiana | 17 | #416 | #473 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #456 | #575 |
| New York | 38 | #460 | #384 |
| Ohio | 23 | #482 | #511 |
| New Jersey | 16 | #498 | #614 |
| Georgia | 22 | #528 | #507 |
| Louisiana | 9 | #532 | #880 |
| Illinois | 18 | #572 | #388 |
| California | 56 | #585 | #627 |
| Virginia | 13 | #604 | #474 |
| South Carolina | 7 | #683 | #653 |
| Florida | 23 | #733 | #986 |
| Texas | 31 | #948 | #1,032 |
| Maryland | 5 | #991 | #451 |
| Arizona | 6 | #1,030 | #1,087 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 742 | #422 | — | — |
| 2024 | 733 | #423 | — | — |
| 2023 | 721 | #430 | — | — |
| 2022 | 791 | #396 | — | — |
| 2021 | 887 | #351 | — | — |
| 2020 | 887 | #350 | — | — |
| 2019 | 889 | #356 | — | — |
| 2018 | 813 | #383 | — | — |
| 2017 | 699 | #454 | — | — |
| 2016 | 689 | #461 | — | — |
| 2015 | 675 | #481 | — | — |
| 2014 | 562 | #551 | — | — |
| 2013 | 406 | #697 | — | — |
| 2012 | 389 | #717 | — | — |
| 2011 | 261 | #984 | — | — |
| 2010 | 269 | #954 | — | — |
| 2009 | 252 | #1,036 | — | — |
| 2008 | 247 | #1,061 | — | — |
| 2007 | 201 | #1,238 | — | — |
| 2006 | 116 | #1,796 | — | — |
| 2005 | 121 | #1,656 | — | — |
| 2004 | 99 | #1,906 | — | — |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,914 | — | — |
| 2002 | 97 | #1,851 | — | — |
| 2001 | 59 | #2,599 | — | — |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,671 | — | — |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,340 | — | — |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,888 | — | — |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,543 | — | — |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,360 | — | — |
| 1995 | 49 | #2,587 | — | — |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,624 | — | — |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,936 | — | — |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,577 | — | — |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,632 | — | — |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,906 | — | — |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,328 | — | — |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,161 | — | — |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,741 | — | — |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,132 | — | — |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,618 | — | — |
| 1984 | 37 | #2,572 | — | — |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,549 | — | — |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,258 | — | — |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,983 | — | — |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,502 | — | — |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,668 | — | — |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,679 | — | — |
| 1977 | 27 | #3,001 | — | — |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,093 | — | — |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,742 | — | — |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,755 | — | — |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,563 | — | — |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,274 | — | — |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,856 | — | — |
| 1970 | 50 | #1,802 | — | — |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,895 | — | — |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,885 | — | — |
| 1967 | 74 | #1,254 | — | — |
| 1966 | 76 | #1,240 | — | — |
| 1965 | 92 | #1,096 | — | — |
| 1964 | 109 | #1,041 | — | — |
| 1963 | 98 | #1,103 | — | — |
| 1962 | 135 | #913 | — | — |
| 1961 | 138 | #919 | — | — |
| 1960 | 149 | #853 | — | — |
| 1959 | 139 | #882 | — | — |
| 1958 | 163 | #788 | — | — |
| 1957 | 169 | #770 | — | — |
| 1956 | 185 | #704 | — | — |
| 1955 | 237 | #601 | — | — |
| 1954 | 226 | #603 | — | — |
| 1953 | 229 | #585 | — | — |
| 1952 | 276 | #508 | — | — |
| 1951 | 238 | #547 | — | — |
| 1950 | 256 | #507 | — | — |
| 1949 | 293 | #469 | — | — |
| 1948 | 244 | #531 | — | — |
| 1947 | 303 | #471 | — | — |
| 1946 | 300 | #448 | — | — |
| 1945 | 344 | #380 | — | — |
| 1944 | 371 | #360 | — | — |
| 1943 | 364 | #380 | — | — |
| 1942 | 421 | #338 | — | — |
| 1941 | 400 | #331 | — | — |
| 1940 | 375 | #329 | — | — |
| 1939 | 375 | #320 | — | — |
| 1938 | 368 | #330 | — | — |
| 1937 | 405 | #308 | 6 | #3,511 |
| 1936 | 454 | #281 | — | — |
| 1935 | 414 | #298 | — | — |
| 1934 | 486 | #278 | — | — |
| 1933 | 462 | #280 | 6 | #3,635 |
| 1932 | 515 | #274 | 5 | #4,269 |
| 1931 | 450 | #300 | — | — |
| 1930 | 512 | #293 | — | — |
| 1929 | 494 | #294 | 7 | #3,549 |
| 1928 | 500 | #299 | — | — |
| 1927 | 566 | #278 | — | — |
| 1926 | 536 | #288 | — | — |
| 1925 | 521 | #296 | — | — |
| 1924 | 471 | #307 | — | — |
| 1923 | 457 | #301 | — | — |
| 1922 | 416 | #319 | — | — |
| 1921 | 407 | #328 | — | — |
| 1920 | 424 | #317 | — | — |
| 1919 | 382 | #325 | — | — |
| 1918 | 425 | #311 | — | — |
| 1917 | 336 | #341 | — | — |
| 1916 | 316 | #349 | — | — |
| 1915 | 292 | #347 | — | — |
| 1914 | 251 | #332 | — | — |
| 1913 | 208 | #334 | — | — |
| 1912 | 180 | #344 | — | — |
| 1911 | 145 | #329 | — | — |
| 1910 | 134 | #342 | — | — |
| 1909 | 123 | #329 | — | — |
| 1908 | 99 | #364 | — | — |
| 1907 | 106 | #339 | — | — |
| 1906 | 97 | #340 | — | — |
| 1905 | 92 | #349 | — | — |
| 1904 | 91 | #342 | — | — |
| 1903 | 79 | #360 | — | — |
| 1902 | 64 | #390 | — | — |
| 1901 | 55 | #403 | — | — |
| 1900 | 84 | #369 | — | — |
| 1899 | 61 | #373 | — | — |
| 1898 | 60 | #400 | — | — |
| 1897 | 58 | #381 | — | — |
| 1896 | 67 | #357 | — | — |
| 1895 | 53 | #390 | — | — |
| 1894 | 43 | #428 | — | — |
| 1893 | 48 | #390 | — | — |
| 1892 | 51 | #377 | — | — |
| 1891 | 35 | #429 | — | — |
| 1890 | 51 | #360 | — | — |
| 1889 | 40 | #386 | — | — |
| 1888 | 39 | #393 | — | — |
| 1887 | 31 | #397 | — | — |
| 1886 | 31 | #394 | — | — |
| 1885 | 25 | #427 | — | — |
| 1884 | 16 | #540 | — | — |
| 1883 | 20 | #434 | — | — |
| 1882 | 15 | #492 | — | — |
| 1881 | 10 | #579 | — | — |
| 1880 | 12 | #517 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).