How Many People Are Named Willard?
people named Willard are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 17,116 people in the US has this name
Based on 78,542 babies named Willard in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,924 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from the Germanic given name WILLIHARD (or the Old English cognate Wilheard).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Willard, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Willard alive today is about 64 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Willard first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1915, to 2,924 babies. In 2025, 47 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Willard never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #58, in 1915, and it was in the top 100 for 14 years, 1913 to 1926. In 2025 it ranked #2,759.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,759 |
| Best rank | #58 (1915) |
| Years in the top 100 | 14 (1913 to 1926) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #97 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Willard alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Willard were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 1,007 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Willard was given 2.3 times as often in Delaware, 2.2 times in Kentucky and 2.1 times in West Virginia.
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