Willis — #2665 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Willis

The Social Security Administration has registered 52,283 babies named Willis between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Willis currently holds the #2665 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 1,261 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Willis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11,704 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Willis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,689 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Willis in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Willis 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 52,283 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.