Willson — #12415 US boys' name
360 babies named Willson in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Willson was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Willson in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Willson
The Social Security Administration has registered 360 babies named Willson between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Willson currently holds the #12415 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Willson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Willson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Willson 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 360 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.
Willson at a glance
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Current rank
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Willson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (2014)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #12415 among boys.
360 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 14 births in a single year.
Willson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 100 births that decade — 28% of Willson's all-time total
Willson decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Willson's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.