Girls' name · since 1974
Willona
82 babies named Willona in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,422 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Willona sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 82 recorded since 1974.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Willona has been recorded 82 times among girls since 1974, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1979.
- #29,422 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 82 born since 1974
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Willona ranks #29,422 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1974, peaking in the 1970s.
- #29,422 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Willona's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Willona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Willona's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 12 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Willona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1979
- Peak year (1975)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Willona by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (82 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Willona's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Willona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 82 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Willona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~5 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, 1974–1979 (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 Willona 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.