Willye — girls' name

What the Data Says About Willye

The Social Security Administration has registered 366 babies named Willye between 1901 and 1959, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Willye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Willye performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Willye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 50 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Willye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Willye 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 366 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.