Willett — boys' name

What the Data Says About Willett

The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Willett between 1913 and 2023, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Willett currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Willett is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 34 additional births since 1921.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Willett performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Willett shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Willett 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 127 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.