Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Willy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Willy” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Willy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Willy” 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
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 12 0.000010553 6 6 0%
1914 17 0.000012003 5 12 -41%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 5 11 -38%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 -100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 -100%
1919 18 0.00000853 18 -100%
1920 29 0.000012817 5 24 -66%
1921 14 0.000005997 14 -100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 -100%
1923 22 0.000009555 5 17 -55%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 -100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 -100%
1926 28 0.000012196 7 21 -50%
1927 25 0.000010779 7 18 -44%
1928 23 0.000010173 23 -100%
1929 22 0.000010036 22 -100%
1930 28 0.000012594 28 -100%
1931 26 0.000012355 26 -100%
1932 24 0.000011367 5 19 -58%
1933 30 0.000015004 7 23 -53%
1934 24 0.000011556 24 -100%
1935 24 0.000011484 24 -100%
1936 25 0.000012033 25 -100%
1937 28 0.000013141 28 -100%
1938 22 0.000009943 22 -100%
1939 24 0.000010892 24 -100%
1940 33 0.000014331 6 27 -64%
1941 28 0.000011492 28 -100%
1942 29 0.000010616 5 24 -66%
1943 42 0.00001488 9 33 -57%
1944 39 0.000014498 8 31 -59%
1945 29 0.000010931 29 -100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 -100%
1947 37 0.000010271 10 27 -46%
1948 39 0.000011296 39 -100%
1949 27 0.000007748 5 22 -63%
1950 28 0.000007992 28 -100%
1951 32 0.000008687 32 -100%
1952 20 0.000005266 20 -100%
1953 32 0.000008304 32 -100%
1954 35 0.000008792 5 30 -71%
1955 31 0.000007721 5 26 -68%
1956 29 0.000007034 29 -100%
1957 39 0.000009281 39 -100%
1958 43 0.000010402 43 -100%
1959 47 0.000011304 47 -100%
1960 52 0.000012519 52 -100%
1961 57 0.00001376 5 52 -82%
1962 57 0.000014125 57 -100%
1963 46 0.000011621 46 -100%
1964 40 0.000010289 40 -100%
1965 47 0.000012964 47 -100%
1966 32 0.000009207 32 -100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 -100%
1968 40 0.00001184 40 -100%
1969 28 0.000008057 28 -100%
1970 33 0.00000915 33 -100%
1971 29 0.000008449 29 -100%
1972 29 0.000009227 29 -100%
1973 54 0.000017899 6 48 -78%
1974 40 0.000013158 40 -100%
1975 32 0.000010598 32 -100%
1976 36 0.000011864 36 -100%
1977 40 0.000012592 40 -100%
1978 56 0.000017644 56 -100%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 -100%
1980 34 0.000009871 34 -100%
1981 43 0.00001243 43 -100%
1982 39 0.000011118 39 -100%
1983 31 0.000008951 31 -100%
1984 37 0.000010606 37 -100%
1985 42 0.000011768 42 -100%
1986 38 0.000010683 38 -100%
1987 47 0.000013035 47 -100%
1988 37 0.000010013 37 -100%
1989 35 0.000009104 35 -100%
1990 63 0.000015939 63 -100%
1991 58 0.00001489 58 -100%
1992 49 0.000012756 49 -100%
1993 69 0.000018301 69 -100%
1994 64 0.000017215 64 -100%
1995 48 0.000013107 48 -100%
1996 47 0.000012887 47 -100%
1997 41 0.000011308 41 -100%
1998 41 0.000011147 41 -100%
1999 55 0.00001489 55 -100%
2000 49 0.000012963 49 -100%
2001 59 0.000015761 59 -100%
2002 46 0.000012305 46 -100%
2003 49 0.000012887 49 -100%
2004 48 0.000012562 48 -100%
2005 48 0.000012484 48 -100%
2006 47 0.00001188 47 -100%
2007 49 0.000012257 49 -100%
2008 60 0.000015265 60 -100%
2009 48 0.000012565 48 -100%
2010 44 0.000011906 44 -100%
2011 41 0.000011209 41 -100%
2012 44 0.000012031 44 -100%
2013 38 0.000010423 38 -100%
2014 35 0.000009443 35 -100%
2015 30 0.000008106 30 -100%
2016 26 0.000007087 26 -100%
2017 26 0.00000727 26 -100%
2018 39 0.000011092 39 -100%
2019 29 0.000008355 29 -100%
2020 38 0.000011375 38 -100%
2021 30 0.000008855 30 -100%
2022 31 0.000009163 31 -100%
2023 20 0.00000604 20 -100%
2024 24 0.00000721 24 -100%

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