Girls' name · since 1900
Willella
Willella has 70 recorded births since 1900 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,185 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
Willella sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 70 recorded since 1900.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Willella has been recorded 70 times among girls since 1900, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 1932.
- #31,185 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 70 born since 1900
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Willella ranks #31,185 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 1900, peaking in the 1920s.
- #31,185 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
Willella's 70 recorded births place it above 56.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Willella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Willella's SSA record in two at 1922 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1900, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1927 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Willella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–1932
- Peak year (1927)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Willella by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (37 births, 53% of the file).
1920s was Willella's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Willella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s
1910s
17 births
- 1920s
1920s
37 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 37 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Willella's decade-level peak was the 1920s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- 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 Willella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1900–1932 (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 Willella 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.