Willard — #2989 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Willard

The Social Security Administration has registered 77,607 babies named Willard between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Willard currently holds the #2989 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 2,889 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Willard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 18,440 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Willard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 4,295 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Willard in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Willard 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 77,607 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.