Meaning not yet researched.
Willard: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 47 in 2025. Its best rank was #58 in 1915.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #58 in 1915; #2,760 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Willard in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,760 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1915, at #58.
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Willard: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 47 boys in 2025. Peak: #58 in 1915 · most boys in one year: 2,889 (1915).
In 2025, 47 US boys were named Willard, making it the 2,760th most common boys’ name of the year, up 239 places from #2,999 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 42 boys named Willard in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #58, reached in 1915. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,889. For comparison, it was #2,763 in 2015 and #219 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Willard in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 88 babies with the name. In all, 78,542 US babies have been given the name, 1.1% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 18,692 babies named Willard.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 444 US boys were named Willard; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 55. In 2025 that was about 1 in 36,342 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Willard ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #700 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Williard and Wilard 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: Williard (1,086), Wilard (13).
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 Willard in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 50 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 6 | #700 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 47 | #2,760 |
| 2024 | — | — | 42 | #2,999 |
| 2023 | — | — | 43 | #2,946 |
| 2022 | — | — | 41 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | — | — | 29 | #3,809 |
| 2020 | — | — | 44 | #2,804 |
| 2019 | — | — | 46 | #2,763 |
| 2018 | — | — | 50 | #2,577 |
| 2017 | — | — | 55 | #2,386 |
| 2016 | — | — | 47 | #2,660 |
| 2015 | — | — | 44 | #2,763 |
| 2014 | — | — | 35 | #3,228 |
| 2013 | — | — | 31 | #3,493 |
| 2012 | — | — | 47 | #2,628 |
| 2011 | — | — | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | — | — | 49 | #2,553 |
| 2009 | — | — | 40 | #2,988 |
| 2008 | — | — | 57 | #2,324 |
| 2007 | — | — | 48 | #2,599 |
| 2006 | — | — | 56 | #2,283 |
| 2005 | — | — | 60 | #2,080 |
| 2004 | — | — | 63 | #1,952 |
| 2003 | — | — | 59 | #1,985 |
| 2002 | — | — | 64 | #1,815 |
| 2001 | — | — | 61 | #1,840 |
| 2000 | — | — | 60 | #1,814 |
| 1999 | — | — | 59 | #1,747 |
| 1998 | — | — | 64 | #1,640 |
| 1997 | — | — | 66 | #1,569 |
| 1996 | — | — | 67 | #1,515 |
| 1995 | — | — | 83 | #1,299 |
| 1994 | — | — | 72 | #1,382 |
| 1993 | — | — | 76 | #1,312 |
| 1992 | — | — | 89 | #1,186 |
| 1991 | — | — | 81 | #1,244 |
| 1990 | — | — | 91 | #1,134 |
| 1989 | — | — | 113 | #961 |
| 1988 | — | — | 99 | #980 |
| 1987 | — | — | 117 | #865 |
| 1986 | — | — | 111 | #866 |
| 1985 | — | — | 105 | #888 |
| 1984 | — | — | 103 | #870 |
| 1983 | — | — | 128 | #771 |
| 1982 | — | — | 130 | #776 |
| 1981 | — | — | 136 | #749 |
| 1980 | — | — | 164 | #679 |
| 1979 | — | — | 171 | #656 |
| 1978 | — | — | 155 | #672 |
| 1977 | — | — | 172 | #647 |
| 1976 | — | — | 177 | #616 |
| 1975 | — | — | 229 | #531 |
| 1974 | — | — | 198 | #571 |
| 1973 | — | — | 220 | #532 |
| 1972 | — | — | 284 | #466 |
| 1971 | — | — | 306 | #468 |
| 1970 | — | — | 350 | #435 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,684 | 311 | #445 |
| 1968 | 5 | #8,180 | 339 | #417 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,790 | 394 | #380 |
| 1966 | — | — | 388 | #388 |
| 1965 | — | — | 413 | #381 |
| 1964 | — | — | 438 | #378 |
| 1963 | — | — | 497 | #351 |
| 1962 | — | — | 460 | #377 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,841 | 506 | #353 |
| 1960 | 5 | #7,307 | 543 | #333 |
| 1959 | — | — | 572 | #325 |
| 1958 | — | — | 586 | #314 |
| 1957 | — | — | 636 | #301 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,879 | 654 | #287 |
| 1955 | — | — | 723 | #257 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,740 | 676 | #270 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,659 | 767 | #247 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,550 | 799 | #236 |
| 1951 | — | — | 778 | #243 |
| 1950 | 5 | #6,094 | 841 | #219 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,227 | 927 | #209 |
| 1948 | — | — | 950 | #204 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,756 | 1,025 | #198 |
| 1946 | — | — | 1,057 | #177 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,546 | 957 | #172 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,374 | 1,040 | #166 |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,189 | 1,231 | #159 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,189 | 1,191 | #159 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,246 | 1,085 | #159 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,957 | 1,140 | #151 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,421 | 1,103 | #147 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,724 | 1,095 | #148 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,314 | 1,163 | #135 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,687 | 1,157 | #136 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,436 | 1,214 | #132 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,737 | 1,175 | #136 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,905 | 1,283 | #130 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,643 | 1,357 | #125 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,546 | 1,376 | #124 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,812 | 1,537 | #117 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,818 | 1,511 | #114 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,619 | 1,628 | #113 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,485 | 1,734 | #106 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,719 | 1,810 | #100 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,574 | 1,795 | #97 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,717 | 1,834 | #97 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,838 | 1,945 | #92 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,781 | 2,017 | #91 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,573 | 2,077 | #89 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,469 | 2,089 | #88 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,368 | 2,014 | #87 |
| 1918 | 43 | #1,152 | 2,311 | #83 |
| 1917 | 41 | #1,124 | 2,188 | #80 |
| 1916 | 32 | #1,296 | 2,413 | #69 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,170 | 2,889 | #58 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,173 | 1,302 | #92 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,306 | 926 | #99 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,250 | 718 | #105 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,240 | 338 | #114 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,631 | 265 | #121 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,216 | 219 | #125 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,544 | 229 | #112 |
| 1907 | 6 | #2,053 | 201 | #118 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,227 | 178 | #120 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,055 | 180 | #119 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,480 | 180 | #116 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,436 | 162 | #123 |
| 1902 | — | — | 164 | #118 |
| 1901 | — | — | 136 | #122 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,426 | 172 | #132 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,391 | 144 | #116 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,971 | 137 | #134 |
| 1897 | — | — | 143 | #118 |
| 1896 | — | — | 152 | #118 |
| 1895 | — | — | 113 | #138 |
| 1894 | — | — | 122 | #134 |
| 1893 | — | — | 118 | #129 |
| 1892 | — | — | 121 | #132 |
| 1891 | — | — | 101 | #135 |
| 1890 | — | — | 89 | #160 |
| 1889 | — | — | 100 | #149 |
| 1888 | — | — | 123 | #128 |
| 1887 | — | — | 95 | #137 |
| 1886 | — | — | 80 | #174 |
| 1885 | — | — | 95 | #144 |
| 1884 | — | — | 89 | #156 |
| 1883 | — | — | 92 | #139 |
| 1882 | — | — | 83 | #164 |
| 1881 | — | — | 94 | #130 |
| 1880 | — | — | 88 | #158 |
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).