Girls' name · since 1935
Willistine
Since 1935, U.S. Social Security records show 88 babies named Willistine, peaking in 1935. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,622 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1935
- 1940s
- peak decade
Willistine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 88 have been recorded since 1935.
Willistine has 88 recorded births among girls since 1935, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 1967.
- #28,622 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1935
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Willistine ranks #28,622 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1935, peaking in the 1940s.
- #28,622 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1935
- 1940s
- peak decade
Willistine's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Willistine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Willistine splits its recorded history at 1949: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1937 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1935 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Willistine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1967
- Peak year (1935)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Willistine by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (32 births, 36% of the file).
1940s was Willistine's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Willistine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
17 births
- 1940s
1940s
32 births
- 1950s
1950s
28 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 32 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Willistine's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 1960s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Willistine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~32 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, 1935–1967 (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 Willistine 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.