Willena — girls' name

What the Data Says About Willena

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,068 babies named Willena between 1884 and 1990, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Willena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Willena performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 236 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Willena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Willena in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Willena 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 1,068 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.