Willadene — girls' name
220 babies named Willadene in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Willadene was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Willadene in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Willadene
The Social Security Administration has registered 220 babies named Willadene between 1918 and 1947, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Willadene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Willadene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Willadene shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Willadene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Willadene in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 220 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Willadene at a glance
Last recorded 1947Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Willadene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1918
- Peak year (1926)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1947.
220 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 18 births in a single year.
Willadene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 88 births that decade — 40% of Willadene's all-time total
Willadene decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Willadene's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Willadene by state
Where Willadene concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indiana | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 220 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Indiana 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Indiana accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.