Willodene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Willodene

The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Willodene between 1918 and 1942, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Willodene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1942. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Willodene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Willodene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Willodene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Willodene 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 241 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.