Willean

Last seen for girls in 1963 at #6,592

Peak · girls
1938 · 14 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
259
since 1919

Willean over time

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Rank among girls' names. Willean has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #2,225, 1938girls
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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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1936#2,8579
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1934#3,8026
1933#3,1098
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five girls were named Willean! It came in at #4,814, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1925, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Willean is popular in 1937

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
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  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedLAMississippi: #416 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,689 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Willean, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#416 · 1 in 3,689

Best ever in a state: #416 in Mississippi, 1937.

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See more about Willean
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1938 at #2,225 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 3 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 78,818
  • Highest: 1 in 78,818 girls born in 1938 were named Willean (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 385,501 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 32.0% of all girls named Willean (83) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,814 (1919)#4,814
1920s34#2,768 (1928)#3,568
1930s79#2,225 (1938)#2,866
1940s83#2,416 (1942)#3,648
1950s53#2,652 (1950)#4,684
1960s5#6,592 (1963)#6,592

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.

Willean in 1937

girls
#2,317
13 births · 1 in 81,849 girls

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #2,317Willean13
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 81,849 of them was named Willean, which outranked 53.0% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Willean
  1. #2,196Willard14
  2. #2,196Willine14
  3. #2,196Wyoma14
  4. #2,317Willean13
  5. #2,317Aimee13
  6. #2,317Aletta13
  7. #2,317Allen13
  8. #2,448Abelina12
  9. #2,448Agustina12
  10. #2,448Aleene12

Tied with 130 names at #2,317; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,217Noreta#4,181 → #964
  2. ↑ 2,845Noretta#3,701 → #856
  3. ↑ 2,351Leilani#3,103 → #752
  4. ↑ 1,407Deann#2,263 → #856
  5. ↑ 1,209Norita#1,741 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 438Dorla#951 → #1,389
  2. ↓ 331Vilma#951 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 303Imelda#979 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 297Lulu#695 → #992
  5. ↓ 292Lyda#840 → #1,132

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

See the top 100 for 1937 →