Willy — #4308 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Willy

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,910 babies named Willy between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Willy currently holds the #4308 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Willy performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 535 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Willy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 533 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Willy in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Willy 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 3,910 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.