Willella — girls' name
70 babies named Willella in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Willella was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Willella in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Willella
The Social Security Administration has registered 70 babies named Willella between 1900 and 1932, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Willella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1932. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Willella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Willella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Willella 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 70 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.
Willella at a glance
Last recorded 1932Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Willella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–1900
- Peak year (1927)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1932.
70 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 8 births in a single year.
Willella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 37 births that decade — 53% of Willella's all-time total
Willella decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Willella's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% 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, 1900–1932 (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.