How Many People Are Named Willa?
people named Willa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,666 people in the US has this name
Based on 32,848 babies named Willa in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
889 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of WILLIAM.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Willa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Willa alive today is about 31 years old, and 65% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Willa first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2019, to 889 babies. In 2025, 742 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Willa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #274, in 1932. In 2025 it ranked #422.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #422 |
| Best rank | #274 (1932) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #544 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Willa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Willa were born in California than in any other state: about 1,121 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Willa was given 2.7 times as often in Oklahoma, 2.6 times in West Virginia and 2.3 times in Kentucky.
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