Willow — #41 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Willow

The Social Security Administration has registered 60,285 babies named Willow between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Willow currently holds the #41 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 5,193 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Willow performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 27,063 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Willow shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,851 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Willow in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Willow 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 60,285 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.