Willoughby

Willoughby was the #14,942 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).

Willoughby as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Willoughby as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020US
Willoughby as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
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 & Wales
2025#14,942 (5)—
2024#9,556 (10)#5,892 (3)
2023#12,197 (7)—
2022#13,592 (6)—
2021#9,562 (10)—
2020#9,546 (10)#4,535 (4)
2019#15,539 (5)—
2018#15,682 (5)—
2017#12,713 (7)—
2016#11,781 (8)—
2014#13,069 (7)—
2010#14,959 (6)—
2000#15,031 (5)—

Willoughby as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Willoughby as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & Wales
Willoughby as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025—#2,133 (11)
2024#12,349 (5)#2,922 (7)
2023—#2,326 (9)
2022—#1,880 (12)
2021#9,714 (7)#3,451 (5)
2020—#2,960 (6)
2019—#1,369 (18)
2018#10,760 (6)#1,875 (12)
2017—#1,470 (17)
2016—#2,335 (9)
2015#10,644 (6)#1,673 (14)
2014#10,717 (6)#2,079 (10)
2013#8,789 (8)#1,920 (11)
2012—#1,962 (11)
2011#8,767 (8)#1,688 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #9,546.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.

How common is it?

about 1 in 330,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 330,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Willoughby is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 300,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 170,000 to 1 in 540,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.