NameTides

Willie

Willie was the #1,315 boys' name in the US in 2025 (147 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.

Willie as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Willie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Willie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,315 (147)#4,275 (4)——
2024#1,364 (138)—#785 (3)#2,439 (7)
2023#1,323 (144)——#2,614 (6)
2022#1,166 (176)———
2021#1,200 (161)—#755 (3)—
2020#992 (215)—#637 (4)—
2019#1,004 (208)——#2,440 (6)
2018#929 (228)——#1,983 (8)
2017#802 (285)——#1,422 (13)
2016#797 (294)#4,810 (3)#601 (4)#1,831 (9)
2015#774 (307)—#699 (3)#2,715 (5)
2014#725 (331)—#609 (4)—
2013#707 (332)———
2012#646 (369)———
2011#614 (390)—#730 (3)#2,629 (5)

Willie as a girl’s name

  • US
Willie as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020US
Willie as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUS
2025#10,107 (9)
2024#13,477 (6)
2023#13,462 (6)
2022#9,680 (10)
2019#15,539 (5)
2018#15,682 (5)
2017#15,902 (5)
2013#16,547 (5)
2009#17,294 (5)
2007#15,491 (6)
2000#11,801 (7)
1998#10,122 (8)
1997#9,802 (8)
1996#7,574 (11)
1995#7,514 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1910 at #11.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Willie were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 170,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Willie is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Willie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #905MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,241CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: #887FL
Willie (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WillieCanadaBoys—too few
WillieEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
WillieIrelandBoys—too few
WillieNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WillieUSGirls#10,1079
WillieUSBoys#1,315147