Williow — #17012 US girls' name
27 babies named Williow in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 4% of names given to girls today.
56% of everyone ever named Williow was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Williow in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Williow
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Williow between 2017 and 2024, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Williow currently holds the #17012 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Williow performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Williow shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Williow 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 27 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.
Williow at a glance
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Current rank
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Williow popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2017
- Peak year (2018)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
Currently ranks #17012 among girls.
27 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 8 births in a single year.
Williow by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 15 births that decade — 56% of Williow's all-time total
Williow decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Williow's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 2017–2024 (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.