Willodene

Last seen for girls in 1942 at #3,444

Peak · girls
1932 · 19 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
241
since 1918

Willodene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Willodene has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #1,817, 1932girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Willodene! It came in at #4,291, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1936–1939, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Willodene is popular in 1929

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedMSAlabama: #452 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,004 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Willodene, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#452 · 1 in 5,004

Best ever in a state: #369 in Alabama, 1932.

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See more about Willodene
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1942
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1932 at #1,817 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 54,920
  • Highest: 1 in 54,920 girls born in 1928 were named Willodene (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 168,840 girls born in 1942 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,817 in 1932, was only 1 in 56,166 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 55.2% of all girls named Willodene (133) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s13#3,817 (1919)#4,054
1920s133#1,825 (1929)#3,015
1930s79#1,817 (1932)#3,093
1940s16#3,208 (1940)#3,326

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.

Willodene in 1929

girls
#1,825
20 births · 1 in 55,828 girls

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #1,825Willodene20
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 55,828 of them was named Willodene, which outranked 65.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Willodene
  1. #1,766Zelpha21
  2. #1,766Zoila21
  3. #1,766Zulema21
  4. #1,825Willodene20
  5. #1,825Adah20
  6. #1,825Aldona20
  7. #1,825Alejandra20
  8. #1,892Aldine19
  9. #1,892Annelle19
  10. #1,892Bernie19

Tied with 66 names at #1,825; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,951Dorla#2,623 → #672
  2. ↑ 797Ingrid#1,738 → #941
  3. ↑ 534Sydell#1,502 → #968
  4. ↑ 521Elenor#1,502 → #981
  5. ↑ 406Jeanine#888 → #482
Fallers
  1. ↓ 937Joline#888 → #1,825
  2. ↓ 259Mafalda#936 → #1,195
  3. ↓ 250Lorelei#994 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 249Ardelle#888 → #1,137
  5. ↓ 234Charmaine#420 → #654

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1929 →