Willena
Last seen for girls in 1990 at #8,501
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,068since 1884
Willena over time
Rank among girls' names. Willena has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | — | |
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| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,919 | 23 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 |
| 1930 | #1,703 | 22 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1922 | #1,836 | 22 |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 |
| 1920 | #1,889 | 21 |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,497 | 28 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,439 | 25 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
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| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Willena! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1907, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Willena is popular in 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#462 · 1 in 5,020
Best ever in a state: #366 in Kentucky, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #462 | 6 | 1 in 5,020 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Willena
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #1,024 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,804 girls born in 1884 were named Willena (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 210,950 girls born in 1990 (0.00%)
- 22.1% of all girls named Willena (236) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,024 (1884) | #1,024 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,676 (1908) | #1,942 |
| 1910s | 160 | #1,439 (1915) | #1,752 |
| 1920s | 236 | #1,350 (1923) | #1,789 |
| 1930s | 189 | #1,518 (1934) | #1,854 |
| 1940s | 145 | #1,900 (1940) | #2,523 |
| 1950s | 117 | #2,635 (1955) | #3,613 |
| 1960s | 85 | #3,460 (1961) | #5,026 |
| 1970s | 68 | #5,751 (1979) | #6,978 |
| 1980s | 42 | #6,789 (1980) | #8,395 |
| 1990s | 9 | #8,501 (1990) | #8,501 |
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.
Willena in 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
More about 1923
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1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 35,481 of them was named Willena, which outranked 76.5% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,327Rheba35
- #1,327Thalia35
- #1,327Willetta35
- #1,350Willena34
- #1,350Aimee34
- #1,350Archie34
- #1,350Arlena34
- #1,388Alean33
- #1,388Anabel33
- #1,388Aretta33
Tied with 37 names at #1,350; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.