Willene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Willene

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,928 babies named Willene between 1905 and 1975, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Willene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 97 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Willene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 779 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Willene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 670 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Willene in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Willene 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 2,928 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.