Willanna — girls' name
11 babies named Willanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Willanna was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Willanna in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Willanna
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Willanna between 1912 and 1916, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Willanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1916. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Willanna performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Willanna 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 11 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.
Willanna at a glance
Last recorded 1916Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Willanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1912
- Peak year (1916)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1916.
11 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 6 births in a single year.
Willanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Willanna's all-time total
Willanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Willanna's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1912–1916 (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.