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How popular is “Willa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Willa” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Willa” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Willa” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Willa” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Willa” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Willa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Willa” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 12 0.000059558 12 100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 100%
1882 15 0.00006771 15 100%
1883 20 0.000092189 20 100%
1884 16 0.000065719 16 100%
1885 25 0.000103797 25 100%
1886 31 0.000121418 31 100%
1887 31 0.000125307 31 100%
1888 39 0.000130228 39 100%
1889 40 0.000138434 40 100%
1890 51 0.00016921 51 100%
1891 35 0.00012209 35 100%
1892 51 0.000152524 51 100%
1893 48 0.000147591 48 100%
1894 43 0.00012696 43 100%
1895 53 0.000150989 53 100%
1896 67 0.000187421 67 100%
1897 58 0.000167168 58 100%
1898 60 0.000157292 60 100%
1899 61 0.000179817 61 100%
1900 84 0.00018656 84 100%
1901 55 0.000159046 55 100%
1902 64 0.000165489 64 100%
1903 79 0.00020724 79 100%
1904 91 0.000225535 91 100%
1905 92 0.000217021 92 100%
1906 97 0.000226397 97 100%
1907 106 0.000227766 106 100%
1908 99 0.000202599 99 100%
1909 123 0.000240599 123 100%
1910 134 0.000226845 134 100%
1911 145 0.000225058 145 100%
1912 180 0.000182175 180 100%
1913 208 0.00018292 208 100%
1914 251 0.000177217 251 100%
1915 292 0.000159352 292 100%
1916 316 0.000163357 316 100%
1917 336 0.000167435 336 100%
1918 425 0.000195752 425 100%
1919 382 0.000181022 382 100%
1920 424 0.000187391 424 100%
1921 407 0.000174341 407 100%
1922 416 0.000181726 416 100%
1923 457 0.000198482 457 100%
1924 471 0.000197765 471 100%
1925 521 0.000223289 521 100%
1926 536 0.000233459 536 100%
1927 566 0.000244033 566 100%
1928 500 0.000221147 500 100%
1929 501 0.000228542 494 7 97%
1930 512 0.00023029 512 100%
1931 450 0.000213839 450 100%
1932 520 0.000246295 515 5 98%
1933 468 0.000234065 462 6 97%
1934 486 0.000234012 486 100%
1935 414 0.000198096 414 100%
1936 454 0.000218524 454 100%
1937 411 0.000192897 405 6 97%
1938 368 0.000166322 368 100%
1939 375 0.000170188 375 100%
1940 375 0.000162853 375 100%
1941 400 0.000164175 400 100%
1942 421 0.00015411 421 100%
1943 364 0.000128961 364 100%
1944 371 0.000137914 371 100%
1945 344 0.000129669 344 100%
1946 300 0.000093888 300 100%
1947 303 0.000084112 303 100%
1948 244 0.000070673 244 100%
1949 293 0.00008408 293 100%
1950 256 0.000073073 256 100%
1951 238 0.000064608 238 100%
1952 276 0.00007267 276 100%
1953 229 0.000059424 229 100%
1954 226 0.000056774 226 100%
1955 237 0.000059027 237 100%
1956 185 0.00004487 185 100%
1957 169 0.000040218 169 100%
1958 163 0.00003943 163 100%
1959 139 0.00003343 139 100%
1960 149 0.000035871 149 100%
1961 138 0.000033315 138 100%
1962 135 0.000033454 135 100%
1963 98 0.000024759 98 100%
1964 109 0.000028038 109 100%
1965 92 0.000025376 92 100%
1966 76 0.000021866 76 100%
1967 74 0.000021797 74 100%
1968 41 0.000012136 41 100%
1969 44 0.000012661 44 100%
1970 50 0.000013864 50 100%
1971 48 0.000013985 48 100%
1972 34 0.000010818 34 100%
1973 29 0.000009613 29 100%
1974 27 0.000008882 27 100%
1975 28 0.000009273 28 100%
1976 24 0.00000791 24 100%
1977 27 0.0000085 27 100%
1978 32 0.000010082 32 100%
1979 34 0.000010219 34 100%
1980 24 0.000006968 24 100%
1981 30 0.000008672 30 100%
1982 27 0.000007697 27 100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 100%
1984 37 0.000010606 37 100%
1985 24 0.000006724 24 100%
1986 30 0.000008434 30 100%
1987 24 0.000006656 24 100%
1988 32 0.00000866 32 100%
1989 32 0.000008324 32 100%
1990 27 0.000006831 27 100%
1991 30 0.000007702 30 100%
1992 31 0.00000807 31 100%
1993 41 0.000010875 41 100%
1994 48 0.000012911 48 100%
1995 49 0.00001338 49 100%
1996 35 0.000009596 35 100%
1997 33 0.000009102 33 100%
1998 46 0.000012506 46 100%
1999 64 0.000017326 64 100%
2000 56 0.000014815 56 100%
2001 59 0.000015761 59 100%
2002 97 0.000025948 97 100%
2003 96 0.000025248 96 100%
2004 99 0.00002591 99 100%
2005 121 0.000031471 121 100%
2006 116 0.000029321 116 100%
2007 201 0.000050279 201 100%
2008 247 0.000062839 247 100%
2009 252 0.000065966 252 100%
2010 269 0.000072787 269 100%
2011 261 0.000071355 261 100%
2012 389 0.000106361 389 100%
2013 406 0.000111365 406 100%
2014 562 0.000151631 562 100%
2015 675 0.000182387 675 100%
2016 689 0.000187805 689 100%
2017 699 0.000195459 699 100%
2018 813 0.000231235 813 100%
2019 889 0.000256127 889 100%
2020 886 0.000265224 886 100%
2021 887 0.00026181 887 100%
2022 791 0.000233807 791 100%
2023 721 0.000217746 721 100%
2024 729 0.000219018 729 100%

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