Willetta
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317
- Peak · girls
- 1911 · 18 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,880since 1893
Willetta over time
Rank among girls' names. Willetta 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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| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 |
| 1954 | #1,987 | 28 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 |
| 1949 | #1,845 | 27 |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 |
| 1943 | #1,305 | 39 |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 |
| 1941 | #1,446 | 29 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,234 | 34 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,307 | 31 |
| 1934 | #1,292 | 31 |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1932 | #1,320 | 31 |
| 1931 | #1,314 | 31 |
| 1930 | #1,274 | 35 |
| 1929 | #1,223 | 37 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 |
| 1927 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1926 | #1,303 | 36 |
| 1925 | #1,466 | 31 |
| 1924 | #1,170 | 45 |
| 1923 | #1,327 | 35 |
| 1922 | #1,044 | 52 |
| 1921 | #1,543 | 29 |
| 1920 | #1,282 | 36 |
| 1919 | #1,242 | 37 |
| 1918 | #1,203 | 39 |
| 1917 | #1,149 | 39 |
| 1916 | #1,127 | 39 |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 |
| 1914 | #1,119 | 29 |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 |
| 1912 | #1,055 | 24 |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Willetta! It came in at #1,277, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Willetta is popular in 1962
No state had 5 or more girls named Willetta in 1962, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Willetta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1911 at #1,031 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 56 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,096 girls born in 1922 were named Willetta (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 368,786 girls born in 1992 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,031 in 1911, was only 1 in 23,239 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.0% of all girls named Willetta (357) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 37 | #1,034 (1899) | #1,247 |
| 1900s | 55 | #1,238 (1905) | #1,480 |
| 1910s | 282 | #1,031 (1911) | #1,224 |
| 1920s | 357 | #1,044 (1922) | #1,343 |
| 1930s | 292 | #1,234 (1937) | #1,384 |
| 1940s | 270 | #1,305 (1943) | #1,696 |
| 1950s | 233 | #1,783 (1953) | #2,331 |
| 1960s | 188 | #2,150 (1960) | #3,147 |
| 1970s | 91 | #3,208 (1970) | #6,441 |
| 1980s | 70 | #5,245 (1980) | #8,375 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,317 (1992) | #13,317 |
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.
Willetta in 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
More about 1962
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1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 103,505 of them was named Willetta, which outranked 62.9% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,741Wynette20
- #2,741Xiomara20
- #2,741Youlanda20
- #2,814Willetta19
- #2,814Aleshia19
- #2,814Allene19
- #2,814Almeta19
- #2,922Alayne18
- #2,922Alpha18
- #2,922Alvin18
Tied with 107 names at #2,814; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.