How popular is “Willia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Willia” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Willia” 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 “Willia” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Willia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Willia” 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
1882	5	0.00002257	5		100%
1888	6	0.000020035	6		100%
1889	8	0.000027687	8		100%
1890	8	0.000026543	8		100%
1891	7	0.000024418	7		100%
1892	12	0.000035888	12		100%
1893	10	0.000030748	5	5	0%
1894	11	0.000032478	11		100%
1895	13	0.000037035	13		100%
1896	12	0.000033568	12		100%
1897	10	0.000028822	10		100%
1898	13	0.00003408	13		100%
1899	7	0.000020635	7		100%
1900	9	0.000019989	9		100%
1901	10	0.000028917	10		100%
1902	35	0.000090502	29	6	66%
1903	12	0.00003148	12		100%
1904	14	0.000034698	14		100%
1905	26	0.000061332	26		100%
1906	13	0.000030342	13		100%
1907	15	0.000032231	15		100%
1908	20	0.000040929	20		100%
1909	23	0.00004499	23		100%
1910	32	0.000054172	32		100%
1911	26	0.000040355	26		100%
1912	25	0.000025302	25		100%
1913	41	0.000036056	41		100%
1914	38	0.00002683	28	10	47%
1915	57	0.000031106	57		100%
1916	68	0.000035153	63	5	85%
1917	68	0.000033886	63	5	85%
1918	56	0.000025793	56		100%
1919	68	0.000032224	68		100%
1920	78	0.000034473	66	12	69%
1921	62	0.000026558	57	5	84%
1922	86	0.000037568	81	5	88%
1923	79	0.000034311	71	8	80%
1924	80	0.000033591	75	5	88%
1925	74	0.000031715	65	9	76%
1926	92	0.000040071	80	12	74%
1927	81	0.000034923	81		100%
1928	101	0.000044672	94	7	86%
1929	71	0.000032388	71		100%
1930	72	0.000032384	72		100%
1931	76	0.000036115	70	6	84%
1932	76	0.000035997	67	9	76%
1933	65	0.000032509	60	5	85%
1934	70	0.000033705	62	8	77%
1935	85	0.000040672	77	8	81%
1936	80	0.000038506	75	5	88%
1937	55	0.000025813	50	5	82%
1938	75	0.000033897	69	6	84%
1939	90	0.000040845	90		100%
1940	84	0.000036479	76	8	81%
1941	61	0.000025037	55	6	80%
1942	87	0.000031847	77	10	77%
1943	55	0.000019486	55		100%
1944	79	0.000029367	71	8	80%
1945	82	0.000030909	82		100%
1946	64	0.000020029	56	8	75%
1947	66	0.000018322	56	10	70%
1948	75	0.000021723	68	7	81%
1949	55	0.000015783	55		100%
1950	56	0.000015985	48	8	71%
1951	48	0.00001303	40	8	67%
1952	48	0.000012638	43	5	79%
1953	46	0.000011937	39	7	70%
1954	54	0.000013565	43	11	59%
1955	54	0.000013449	46	8	70%
1956	31	0.000007519	24	7	55%
1957	34	0.000008091	24	10	41%
1958	46	0.000011127	30	16	30%
1959	30	0.000007215	16	14	7%
1960	22	0.000005296	16	6	45%
1961	12	0.000002897	12		100%
1962	18	0.000004461	10	8	11%
1963	18	0.000004548	11	7	22%
1964	21	0.000005402	16	5	52%
1965	18	0.000004965	11	7	22%
1966	18	0.000005179	6	12	-33%
1967	17	0.000005008	9	8	6%
1968	18	0.000005328	8	10	-11%
1969	17	0.000004892	8	9	-6%
1970	16	0.000004436	5	11	-38%
1971	18	0.000005244	10	8	11%
1972	8	0.000002545		8	-100%
1973	5	0.000001657		5	-100%
1974	8	0.000002632		8	-100%
1975	6	0.000001987		6	-100%
1976	7	0.000002307		7	-100%
1977	5	0.000001574	5		100%
1978	7	0.000002206		7	-100%
1979	7	0.000002104		7	-100%
1980	11	0.000003193		11	-100%
1981	5	0.000001445	5		100%
1982	11	0.000003136		11	-100%
1983	8	0.00000231		8	-100%
1984	12	0.00000344		12	-100%
1985	16	0.000004483		16	-100%
1986	20	0.000005623		20	-100%
1987	16	0.000004438		16	-100%
1988	12	0.000003248		12	-100%
1989	8	0.000002081		8	-100%

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