Willean — girls' name

What the Data Says About Willean

The Social Security Administration has registered 259 babies named Willean between 1919 and 1963, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Willean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Willean performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Willean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Willean in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Willean 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 259 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.