Willer — unisex name
87 babies named Willer in U.S. Social Security records since 1901, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Willer was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Willer in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Willer
The Social Security Administration has registered 87 babies named Willer between 1901 and 1941, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Willer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Willer is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1924.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Willer performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Willer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Willer 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 87 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.
Willer at a glance
Last recorded 1941Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Willer popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1901
- Peak year (1925)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1941.
87 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 12 births in a single year.
Willer popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1924 (Willer as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Willer accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Willer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 31 births that decade — 36% of Willer's all-time total
Willer decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Willer's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% 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, 1901–1941 (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.