Willene
Last seen for girls in 1975 at #9,067
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 84 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,928since 1905
Willene over time
Rank among girls' names. Willene has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 |
| 1955 | #1,404 | 51 |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 |
| 1953 | #1,549 | 40 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 |
| 1951 | #1,396 | 45 |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 |
| 1949 | #1,220 | 55 |
| 1948 | #1,185 | 58 |
| 1947 | #1,161 | 60 |
| 1946 | #1,107 | 59 |
| 1945 | #1,060 | 54 |
| 1944 | #993 | 61 |
| 1943 | #916 | 72 |
| 1942 | #954 | 67 |
| 1941 | #894 | 67 |
| 1940 | #915 | 61 |
| 1939 | #857 | 67 |
| 1938 | #775 | 81 |
| 1937 | #726 | 86 |
| 1936 | #800 | 71 |
| 1935 | #751 | 81 |
| 1934 | #804 | 70 |
| 1933 | #709 | 84 |
| 1932 | #816 | 70 |
| 1931 | #768 | 76 |
| 1930 | #726 | 93 |
| 1929 | #711 | 97 |
| 1928 | #881 | 69 |
| 1927 | #863 | 73 |
| 1926 | #866 | 73 |
| 1925 | #849 | 77 |
| 1924 | #853 | 77 |
| 1923 | #953 | 60 |
| 1922 | #906 | 65 |
| 1921 | #919 | 65 |
| 1920 | #1,190 | 41 |
| 1919 | #1,042 | 48 |
| 1918 | #1,041 | 48 |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,278 | 32 |
| 1915 | #1,285 | 30 |
| 1914 | #1,199 | 26 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
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| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
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| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Willene! It came in at #1,931, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1908, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Willene is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#296 · 1 in 2,417
- Arkansas#347 · 1 in 2,316
- Tennessee#385 · 1 in 3,834
- Alabama#397 · 1 in 3,893
- Mississippi#440 · 1 in 3,736
Best ever in a state: #211 in Georgia, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #296 | 13 | 1 in 2,417 |
| Arkansas | #347 | 8 | 1 in 2,316 |
| Tennessee | #385 | 7 | 1 in 3,834 |
| Alabama | #397 | 8 | 1 in 3,893 |
| Mississippi | #440 | 6 | 1 in 3,736 |
| Oklahoma | #468 | 5 | 1 in 4,720 |
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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 Willene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1975
- Biggest jump: 271 spots in 1921 (#1,190 → #919)
- Biggest drop: 95 spots in 1934 (#709 → #804)
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1933 at #709 (84 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1921–1944
- Highest: 1 in 11,511 girls born in 1929 were named Willene (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,572 girls born in 1975 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #709 in 1933, was only 1 in 11,999 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.6% of all girls named Willene (779) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1900s | 20 | #1,471 (1909) | #1,710 |
| 1910s | 234 | #1,041 (1918) | #1,341 |
| 1920s | 697 | #711 (1929) | #899 |
| 1930s | 779 | #709 (1933) | #773 |
| 1940s | 614 | #894 (1941) | #1,041 |
| 1950s | 372 | #1,333 (1950) | #1,722 |
| 1960s | 178 | #2,196 (1960) | #3,256 |
| 1970s | 34 | #4,810 (1971) | #7,282 |
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.
Willene in 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 16,715 of them was named Willene, which outranked 83.8% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).