Girls' name · since 1939
Williene
23 babies named Williene in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1943. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,460 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1939
- 1940s
- peak decade
Williene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 23 recorded since 1939.
Social Security Administration records show Williene recorded 23 times among girls since 1939, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 1949.
- #44,460 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1939
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Williene ranks #44,460 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1939, peaking in the 1940s.
- #44,460 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1939
- 1940s
- peak decade
Williene's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Williene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Williene's SSA record in two at 1943 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1939, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1943 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Williene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1949
- Peak year (1943)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Williene by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (18 births, 78% of the file).
1940s was Williene's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Williene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 18 births (78% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Williene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1943)
Similar record span (~10 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1939–1949 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Williene draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.