Willi — boys' name
144 babies named Willi in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Willi was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Willi in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Willi
The Social Security Administration has registered 144 babies named Willi between 1919 and 2008, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Willi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Willi performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Willi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Willi 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 144 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.
Willi at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Willi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1919
- Peak year (1958)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 90 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
144 total births across 90 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 10 births in a single year.
Willi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 34 births that decade — 24% of Willi's all-time total
Willi decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Willi's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% 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, 1919–2008 (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.