Girls' name · since 1912
Willamae
412 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.
- #13,288 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,293 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 412
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Willamae currently ranks #13293 among girls' names in America, with 412 babies recorded since 1912.
Willamae has 412 recorded births among girls since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13293 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #13,288 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,293 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 412 born since 1912
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Willamae ranks #13,288 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,293 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 412 born since 1912, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,288 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,293 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 412
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Willamae's 412 recorded births place it above 81.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Willamae compares
412 Top 49% higher than 51% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Willamae's all-time total is 10% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Willamae | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 412 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Willamae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Willamae splits its recorded history at 1933: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1937 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1923 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Willamae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (1923)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Willamae by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (131 births, 32% of the file).
1920s was Willamae's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Willamae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
92 births
- 1920s
1920s
131 births
- 1930s
1930s
88 births
- 1940s 49
1940s
49 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 37
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 131 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Willamae's decade-level peak was the 1920s (131 total births); usage has since declined to 37 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Willamae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~113 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Willamae draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.