Willodean
Last seen for girls in 1958 at #4,890
- Peak · girls
- 1928 · 76 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,237since 1914
Willodean over time
Rank among girls' names. Willodean has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 |
| 1939 | #1,327 | 31 |
| 1938 | #1,231 | 35 |
| 1937 | #1,355 | 29 |
| 1936 | #1,115 | 40 |
| 1935 | #1,119 | 39 |
| 1934 | #1,166 | 37 |
| 1933 | #1,062 | 43 |
| 1932 | #846 | 67 |
| 1931 | #844 | 66 |
| 1930 | #971 | 57 |
| 1929 | #868 | 67 |
| 1928 | #825 | 76 |
| 1927 | #1,010 | 57 |
| 1926 | #931 | 64 |
| 1925 | #1,101 | 48 |
| 1924 | #1,069 | 53 |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1920 | #1,584 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,698 | 23 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Willodean! It came in at #2,876, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1955–1957, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Willodean is popular in 1930
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#199 · 1 in 1,070
- Tennessee#384 · 1 in 3,838
- Arkansas#395 · 1 in 3,159
Best ever in a state: #169 in Alabama, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #199 | 28 | 1 in 1,070 |
| Tennessee | #384 | 7 | 1 in 3,838 |
| Arkansas | #395 | 6 | 1 in 3,159 |
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See more about Willodean
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1958
- Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1928 (#1,010 → #825)
- Biggest drop: 216 spots in 1933 (#846 → #1,062)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1928 at #825 (76 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1928–1932
- Highest: 1 in 15,175 girls born in 1928 were named Willodean (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,374 girls born in 1958 (0.00%)
- 38.9% of all girls named Willodean (481) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 84 | #1,698 (1919) | #2,430 |
| 1920s | 481 | #825 (1928) | #1,196 |
| 1930s | 444 | #844 (1931) | #1,104 |
| 1940s | 173 | #1,404 (1940) | #2,388 |
| 1950s | 55 | #2,652 (1950) | #4,515 |
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.
Willodean in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 19,753 of them was named Willodean, which outranked 81.5% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #956Patrica58
- #956Prudence58
- #956Versie58
- #971Willodean57
- #971Cathleen57
- #971Clarabelle57
- #971Lida57
- #983Ethelene56
- #983Florida56
- #983Georgetta56
Tied with 11 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.