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Willis: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 52 in 2025. Its best rank was #86 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #86 in 1880; #2,567 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Willis in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,567 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #86.
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Willis: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 52 boys in 2025. Peak: #86 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 1,261 (1924).
In 2025, 52 US boys were named Willis, making it the 2,567th most common boys’ name of the year, up 105 places from #2,672 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 50 boys named Willis in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #86, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,261, in 1924. For comparison, it was #1,979 in 2015 and #313 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Willis in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 166 babies with the name. In all, 53,154 US babies have been given the name, 1.5% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 11,944 babies named Willis.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 556 US boys were named Willis; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 70. In 2025 that was about 1 in 32,848 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Welles, Willys and Willies are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Bill and Willy.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Welles (480), Willys (103), Willies (85), Willus (20), Wyllis (11), Wyllys (10), Willes (10), Willas (5), Wiles (5).
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.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 52 | #2,567 |
| 2024 | — | — | 50 | #2,672 |
| 2023 | — | — | 60 | #2,343 |
| 2022 | — | — | 44 | #2,918 |
| 2021 | — | — | 62 | #2,274 |
| 2020 | — | — | 62 | #2,234 |
| 2019 | — | — | 50 | #2,623 |
| 2018 | — | — | 55 | #2,416 |
| 2017 | — | — | 51 | #2,530 |
| 2016 | — | — | 70 | #2,046 |
| 2015 | — | — | 74 | #1,979 |
| 2014 | — | — | 81 | #1,843 |
| 2013 | — | — | 75 | #1,900 |
| 2012 | — | — | 78 | #1,878 |
| 2011 | — | — | 74 | #1,903 |
| 2010 | — | — | 52 | #2,427 |
| 2009 | — | — | 66 | #2,098 |
| 2008 | — | — | 59 | #2,263 |
| 2007 | — | — | 80 | #1,828 |
| 2006 | — | — | 79 | #1,768 |
| 2005 | — | — | 66 | #1,941 |
| 2004 | — | — | 65 | #1,909 |
| 2003 | — | — | 78 | #1,629 |
| 2002 | — | — | 70 | #1,693 |
| 2001 | — | — | 82 | #1,501 |
| 2000 | — | — | 107 | #1,246 |
| 1999 | — | — | 109 | #1,187 |
| 1998 | — | — | 106 | #1,176 |
| 1997 | — | — | 95 | #1,233 |
| 1996 | — | — | 113 | #1,078 |
| 1995 | — | — | 115 | #1,042 |
| 1994 | — | — | 119 | #1,021 |
| 1993 | — | — | 127 | #957 |
| 1992 | — | — | 126 | #960 |
| 1991 | — | — | 163 | #814 |
| 1990 | — | — | 159 | #808 |
| 1989 | 5 | #14,505 | 166 | #771 |
| 1988 | — | — | 183 | #693 |
| 1987 | — | — | 169 | #704 |
| 1986 | — | — | 176 | #682 |
| 1985 | — | — | 186 | #643 |
| 1984 | — | — | 186 | #626 |
| 1983 | — | — | 203 | #603 |
| 1982 | — | — | 227 | #571 |
| 1981 | — | — | 199 | #607 |
| 1980 | — | — | 228 | #573 |
| 1979 | — | — | 233 | #564 |
| 1978 | — | — | 214 | #573 |
| 1977 | — | — | 232 | #549 |
| 1976 | — | — | 181 | #610 |
| 1975 | — | — | 203 | #567 |
| 1974 | — | — | 199 | #569 |
| 1973 | — | — | 193 | #572 |
| 1972 | — | — | 245 | #505 |
| 1971 | — | — | 253 | #514 |
| 1970 | — | — | 260 | #501 |
| 1969 | — | — | 227 | #518 |
| 1968 | — | — | 230 | #499 |
| 1967 | — | — | 237 | #486 |
| 1966 | — | — | 254 | #482 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,514 | 300 | #449 |
| 1964 | — | — | 324 | #445 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,891 | 340 | #432 |
| 1962 | — | — | 375 | #415 |
| 1961 | 8 | #5,295 | 357 | #419 |
| 1960 | — | — | 414 | #389 |
| 1959 | 5 | #7,187 | 407 | #395 |
| 1958 | — | — | 416 | #383 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,909 | 447 | #361 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,489 | 444 | #350 |
| 1955 | 10 | #4,064 | 452 | #343 |
| 1954 | — | — | 447 | #337 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,661 | 480 | #323 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,551 | 513 | #314 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,691 | 504 | #310 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,418 | 476 | #313 |
| 1949 | 5 | #6,046 | 479 | #310 |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,233 | 584 | #279 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,443 | 600 | #279 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,315 | 584 | #259 |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,225 | 579 | #231 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,681 | 623 | #219 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,149 | 752 | #208 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,659 | 666 | #220 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,843 | 685 | #201 |
| 1940 | 5 | #5,011 | 609 | #209 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,585 | 693 | #191 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,443 | 731 | #187 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,733 | 724 | #184 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,948 | 768 | #175 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,662 | 789 | #173 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,831 | 867 | #166 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,969 | 812 | #170 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,750 | 911 | #165 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,747 | 931 | #161 |
| 1930 | 18 | #2,019 | 965 | #159 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,889 | 1,030 | #150 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,894 | 1,085 | #148 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,557 | 1,058 | #150 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,482 | 1,233 | #140 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,845 | 1,198 | #139 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,509 | 1,261 | #136 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,462 | 1,183 | #138 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,728 | 1,250 | #133 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,764 | 1,209 | #133 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,076 | 1,197 | #133 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,480 | 1,136 | #131 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,204 | 1,091 | #141 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,550 | 954 | #140 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,866 | 990 | #136 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,140 | 950 | #137 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,632 | 743 | #135 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,157 | 573 | #136 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,837 | 453 | #142 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,298 | 233 | #144 |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,134 | 216 | #149 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,367 | 189 | #139 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,858 | 161 | #146 |
| 1907 | — | — | 146 | #156 |
| 1906 | — | — | 148 | #141 |
| 1905 | — | — | 136 | #153 |
| 1904 | — | — | 136 | #144 |
| 1903 | — | — | 133 | #141 |
| 1902 | — | — | 144 | #134 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,224 | 106 | #149 |
| 1900 | — | — | 169 | #134 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,393 | 126 | #128 |
| 1898 | — | — | 121 | #144 |
| 1897 | — | — | 132 | #125 |
| 1896 | — | — | 145 | #123 |
| 1895 | — | — | 135 | #125 |
| 1894 | — | — | 133 | #118 |
| 1893 | — | — | 149 | #113 |
| 1892 | — | — | 143 | #119 |
| 1891 | — | — | 118 | #117 |
| 1890 | — | — | 129 | #118 |
| 1889 | — | — | 124 | #115 |
| 1888 | — | — | 135 | #119 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,304 | 113 | #117 |
| 1886 | — | — | 150 | #104 |
| 1885 | — | — | 133 | #106 |
| 1884 | — | — | 151 | #101 |
| 1883 | — | — | 131 | #103 |
| 1882 | — | — | 143 | #104 |
| 1881 | — | — | 142 | #93 |
| 1880 | — | — | 166 | #86 |
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).