Girls' name · since 1925
Willowdean
Since 1925, U.S. Social Security records show 75 babies named Willowdean, peaking in 1927. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,412 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,114 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 1925
- 1930s
- peak decade
Willowdean currently ranks #15114 among girls' names in America, with 75 babies recorded since 1925.
Social Security Administration records show Willowdean recorded 75 times among girls since 1925, holding rank #15114 nationally today, ahead of 13% of girls, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2025.
- #30,412 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,114 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 75 born since 1925
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Willowdean ranks #30,412 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,114 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 75 born since 1925, peaking in the 1930s.
- #30,412 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,114 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 1925
- 1930s
- peak decade
Willowdean's 75 recorded births place it above 57.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Willowdean compares
75 21st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Willowdean's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Willowdean | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 75 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Willowdean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Willowdean's full recorded timeline at 1932, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1930, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Willowdean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2025
- Peak year (1927)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Willowdean by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (32 births, 43% of the file).
1930s was Willowdean's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Willowdean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
31 births
- 1930s
1930s
32 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 32 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Willowdean's decade-level peak was the 1930s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Willowdean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~100 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, 1925–2025 (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 Willowdean 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.