Willette
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 62 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,123since 1899
Willette over time
Rank among girls' names. Willette 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
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #2,276 | 33 |
| 1971 | #2,035 | 41 |
| 1970 | #1,755 | 51 |
| 1969 | #1,784 | 47 |
| 1968 | #1,834 | 42 |
| 1967 | #1,478 | 57 |
| 1966 | #1,882 | 37 |
| 1965 | #1,394 | 62 |
| 1964 | #1,482 | 58 |
| 1963 | #1,623 | 49 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 |
| 1961 | #1,697 | 45 |
| 1960 | #1,953 | 34 |
| 1959 | #1,417 | 57 |
| 1958 | #1,469 | 53 |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 |
| 1956 | #1,560 | 46 |
| 1955 | #1,498 | 46 |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1952 | #1,523 | 40 |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 |
| 1950 | #1,474 | 39 |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 |
| 1924 | #1,643 | 27 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 |
| 1921 | #1,577 | 28 |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Willette! It came in at #1,596, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1907, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Willette is popular in 1938
No state had 5 or more girls named Willette in 1938, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Willette
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1965 at #1,394 (62 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,470 girls born in 1965 were named Willette (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 369,568 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 21.9% of all girls named Willette (465) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,596 (1899) | #1,596 |
| 1900s | 27 | #1,862 (1908) | #1,949 |
| 1910s | 144 | #1,470 (1917) | #1,952 |
| 1920s | 226 | #1,577 (1921) | #1,829 |
| 1930s | 183 | #1,507 (1936) | #1,886 |
| 1940s | 240 | #1,559 (1942) | #1,803 |
| 1950s | 412 | #1,417 (1959) | #1,618 |
| 1960s | 465 | #1,394 (1965) | #1,712 |
| 1970s | 264 | #1,755 (1970) | #3,108 |
| 1980s | 119 | #4,025 (1982) | #6,182 |
| 1990s | 33 | #7,880 (1990) | #11,353 |
| 2000s | 5 | #16,462 (2005) | #16,462 |
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.
Willette in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
More about 1938
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1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 52,546 of them was named Willette, which outranked 65.9% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,650Veta22
- #1,650Virgia22
- #1,650Willow22
- #1,703Willette21
- #1,703Abby21
- #1,703Amber21
- #1,703Ardys21
- #1,752Aleen20
- #1,752Alline20
- #1,752Annell20
Tied with 48 names at #1,703; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.