Willetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Willetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,880 babies named Willetta between 1893 and 1992, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Willetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Willetta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 357 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Willetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Willetta in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Willetta 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 1,880 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.