Willadean

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births

Peak · girls
1933 · 41 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
901
since 1917

Willadean over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Willadean has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #1,085, 1933girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#11,9327
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1958#6,1035
1957#4,5368
1956#5,9525
1955#4,7407
1954#3,9679
1953#4,5957
1952#3,7969
1951#3,7149
1950#3,6629
1949#4,6736
1948#2,58915
1947#2,53016
1946#2,59714
1945#3,1329
1944#2,28715
1943#1,90021
1942#1,91720
1941#1,95418
1940#2,29713
1939#1,32731
1938#1,50525
1937#1,49325
1936#1,26732
1935#1,44926
1934#1,16637
1933#1,08541
1932#1,34630
1931#1,24334
1930#1,14442
1929#1,33932
1928#1,23938
1927#1,21341
1926#1,18142
1925#1,46631
1924#1,09651
1923#1,55628
1922#2,02719
1921#2,28216
1920#2,73112
1919#3,00510
1918#3,5128
1917#3,3448
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five girls were named Willadean! It came in at #3,344, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1958–1964, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Willadean is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedNEMissouri: #431 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,405 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedARTennessee: #375 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,824 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #470 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,515 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Willadean, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#375 · 1 in 3,824
  2. Missouri#431 · 1 in 5,405
  3. Oklahoma#470 · 1 in 4,515

Best ever in a state: #329 in Tennessee, 1930.

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Tennessee#37571 in 3,824
Missouri#43151 in 5,405
Oklahoma#47051 in 4,515
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See more about Willadean
Momentum · girls
Brand new
    Rise & fade · girls
    16 yrs to peak
    • Debuted 1917
    • Peaked 1933 at #1,085 (41 births)
    • Births halved by 1940, 7 yrs later
    Top of the charts · girls
    Never in the top 1,000
    • Top 10: never
    • Top 100: never
    • Top 1,000: never
    Share of babies · girls
    1 in 24,488
    • Highest: 1 in 24,488 girls born in 1924 were named Willadean (0.00%)
    • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
    • Its best rank, #1,085 in 1933, was only 1 in 24,584 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
    Era · girls
    The 1930s
    • 35.8% of all girls named Willadean (323) were born in this decade
    Show by decade
    DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
    1910s26#3,005 (1919)#3,287
    1920s310#1,096 (1924)#1,613
    1930s323#1,085 (1933)#1,303
    1940s147#1,900 (1943)#2,588
    1950s68#3,662 (1950)#4,563
    1960s6#5,817 (1965)#5,817
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    2020s21#11,231 (2022)#12,209

    All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

    Willadean in 1934

    girls
    #1,166
    37 births · 1 in 28,222 girls

    Top girls' names in 1934

    1. #1Mary56,929
    2. #2Betty31,089
    3. #3Barbara29,239
    4. #4Shirley22,841
    5. #5Dorothy21,281
    6. #6Patricia20,844
    7. #7Joan19,465
    8. #8Margaret15,144
    9. #9Helen14,100
    10. #10Nancy13,520
    11. #1,166Willadean37
    More about 1934

    girls

    1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 28,222 of them was named Willadean, which outranked 76.6% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

    Ranked beside Willadean
    1. #1,148Sibyl38
    2. #1,148Versie38
    3. #1,148Vita38
    4. #1,166Willadean37
    5. #1,166Adelle37
    6. #1,166Alvera37
    7. #1,166Ardelle37
    8. #1,190Dianna36
    9. #1,190Dorathy36
    10. #1,190Elmer36

    Tied with 23 names at #1,166; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

    Biggest movers since 1933
    Risers
    1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
    2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
    3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
    4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
    5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
    Fallers
    1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
    2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
    3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
    4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
    5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

    Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

    See the top 100 for 1934 →