Willet — boys' name

What the Data Says About Willet

The Social Security Administration has registered 94 babies named Willet between 1915 and 1940, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Willet currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Willet is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1922.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Willet performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Willet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Willet 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 94 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.