Willia
Last seen for girls in 1981 at #10,411 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #5,615
Given to girls 85.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1902 · 29 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,316since 1882
Willia over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,072 | 16 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,601 | 20 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #1,498 | 46 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #1,540 | 43 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #1,469 | 43 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #1,481 | 40 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #1,324 | 48 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #1,220 | 55 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #1,204 | 56 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,131 | 56 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #830 | 82 | — | |
| 1944 | #909 | 71 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #1,077 | 55 | — | |
| 1942 | #887 | 77 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #986 | 55 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #817 | 76 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #717 | 90 | — | |
| 1938 | #851 | 69 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #992 | 50 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #780 | 75 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #769 | 77 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #865 | 62 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #865 | 60 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #846 | 67 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #812 | 70 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #840 | 72 | — | |
| 1929 | #842 | 71 | — | |
| 1928 | #731 | 94 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #810 | 81 | — | |
| 1926 | #814 | 80 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #923 | 65 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #864 | 75 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #871 | 71 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #808 | 81 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #987 | 57 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #894 | 66 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #843 | 68 | — | |
| 1918 | #960 | 56 | — | |
| 1917 | #866 | 63 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #856 | 63 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #865 | 57 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #823 | 41 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,032 | 25 | — | |
| 1911 | #838 | 26 | — | |
| 1910 | #753 | 32 | — | |
| 1909 | #845 | 23 | — | |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 | — | |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #699 | 26 | — | |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1902 | #612 | 29 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | — | |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 | — | |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 | — | |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Willia! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Willia is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#329 · 1 in 2,863
- Georgia#441 · 1 in 4,939
- Mississippi#481 · 1 in 5,310
- Texas#998 · 1 in 16,613
Best ever in a state: #257 in Mississippi, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #329 | 9 | 1 in 2,863 |
| Georgia | #441 | 8 | 1 in 4,939 |
| Mississippi | #481 | 5 | 1 in 5,310 |
| Texas | #998 | 5 | 1 in 16,613 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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| Iowa | — | — | — |
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| Louisiana | — | — | — |
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| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Willia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
- Biggest jump: 487 spots in 1894 (#1,437 → #950)
- Biggest drop: 576 spots in 1893 (#861 → #1,437)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1902 at #612 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1915–1942
- Highest: 1 in 9,106 girls born in 1902 were named Willia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 333,612 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
- 22.3% of all girls named Willia (741) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1981, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #908 (1882) | #998 |
| 1890s | 98 | #861 (1892) | #1,047 |
| 1900s | 171 | #612 (1902) | #945 |
| 1910s | 459 | #753 (1910) | #898 |
| 1920s | 741 | #731 (1928) | #854 |
| 1930s | 692 | #717 (1939) | #834 |
| 1940s | 651 | #817 (1940) | #1,013 |
| 1950s | 353 | #1,324 (1950) | #1,841 |
| 1960s | 107 | #3,095 (1960) | #4,340 |
| 1970s | 20 | #5,136 (1971) | #7,594 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,411 (1981) | #10,411 |
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.
Willia in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 28,059 of them was named Willia, which outranked 80.1% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,121Randa57
- #1,121Trudi57
- #1,121Vivien57
- #1,131Willia56
- #1,131Alona56
- #1,131Carma56
- #1,131Cecil56
- #1,148Adrianne55
- #1,148Berniece55
- #1,148Billy55
Tied with 16 names at #1,131; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 203,003 of them was named Willia, which outranked 33.1% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,534Yale9
- #2,534Zan9
- #2,534Zebedee9
- #2,690Willia8
- #2,690Aime8
- #2,690Alain8
- #2,690Alanson8
- #2,919Achille7
- #2,919Alban7
- #2,919Alberta7
Tied with 228 names at #2,690; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.