Willamae — #12182 US girls' name
406 babies named Willamae in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Willamae was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Willamae in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Willamae
The Social Security Administration has registered 406 babies named Willamae between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Willamae currently holds the #12182 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Willamae performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Willamae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Willamae 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 406 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.
Willamae at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Willamae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (1923)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #12182 among girls.
406 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 28 births in a single year.
Willamae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 131 births that decade — 32% of Willamae's all-time total
Willamae decade highlights
- Peak decade 131 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Willamae's strongest decade
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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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, 1912–2024 (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.