Willow
#44 for girls in 2025, 4,763 births · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to girls 99.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 5,072 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 65,095since 1890
Willow over time
Rank among girls' names. 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #44 | 4,763 | #4,396 | 23 |
| 2024 | #41 | 4,672 | #3,693 | 30 |
| 2023 | #41 | 4,765 | #2,693 | 48 |
| 2022 | #37 | 5,072 | #3,100 | 39 |
| 2021 | #39 | 5,195 | #3,242 | 36 |
| 2020 | #48 | 4,401 | #4,855 | 19 |
| 2019 | #45 | 4,609 | #3,899 | 27 |
| 2018 | #60 | 3,933 | #3,891 | 27 |
| 2017 | #80 | 3,569 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #96 | 3,125 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #111 | 2,811 | #5,746 | 15 |
| 2014 | #136 | 2,410 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #155 | 2,079 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #171 | 1,839 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #199 | 1,575 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #288 | 1,122 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #312 | 1,054 | — | |
| 2008 | #405 | 797 | — | |
| 2007 | #425 | 771 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #523 | 578 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #532 | 542 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #548 | 519 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #525 | 537 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #504 | 546 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #664 | 379 | — | |
| 2000 | #757 | 301 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #727 | 310 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #852 | 250 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #1,110 | 169 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #1,348 | 125 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #1,640 | 90 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,744 | 84 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,451 | 51 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #2,320 | 55 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #3,623 | 29 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,045 | 35 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,414 | 40 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,375 | 41 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,805 | 60 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,753 | 62 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #1,502 | 75 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,637 | 64 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,535 | 66 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,756 | 53 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,688 | 54 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,913 | 43 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,340 | 33 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,526 | 26 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,325 | 35 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #1,598 | 27 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,821 | 23 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
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| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Willow! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Willow is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#1,240 · 1 in 15,231
Best ever in a state: #2 in West Virginia, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,240 | 9 | 1 in 15,231 |
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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 Willow
- 3 spots since 2024 (#41 → #44)
- 4 spots since 2020 (#48 → #44)
- 67 spots since 2015 (#111 → #44)
- Biggest jump: 258 spots in 1998 (#1,110 → #852)
- Biggest drop: 30 spots in 2000 (#727 → #757)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 2022 at #37 (5,072 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
- Highest: 1 in 316 girls born in 2021 were named Willow (0.32%)
- Latest: 1 in 337 girls born in 2025 (0.30%)
- Its best rank, #37 in 2022, was only 1 in 323 (0.31%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 44.3% of all girls named Willow (28,868) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,338 (1890) | #1,338 |
| 1900s | 40 | #1,364 (1904) | #1,714 |
| 1910s | 111 | #1,523 (1915) | #2,167 |
| 1920s | 252 | #1,325 (1926) | #1,709 |
| 1930s | 208 | #1,488 (1932) | #1,746 |
| 1940s | 175 | #1,742 (1944) | #2,231 |
| 1950s | 138 | #2,411 (1955) | #3,164 |
| 1960s | 139 | #2,825 (1964) | #3,565 |
| 1970s | 502 | #1,502 (1978) | #1,964 |
| 1980s | 344 | #1,805 (1980) | #2,920 |
| 1990s | 1,217 | #727 (1999) | #1,820 |
| 2000s | 6,024 | #312 (2009) | #520 |
| 2010s | 27,072 | #45 (2019) | #134 |
| 2020s | 28,868 | #37 (2022) | #42 |
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.
Willow in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 47,539 of them was named Willow, which outranked 76.1% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,276Titania33
- #2,276Willette33
- #2,276Yasmin33
- #2,311Willow32
- #2,311Albert32
- #2,311Bettie32
- #2,311Cassidy32
- #2,356Annabel31
- #2,356Ariel31
- #2,356Ashaki31
Tied with 44 names at #2,311; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.