How Many People Are Named Willie?
people named Willie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,667 people in the US has this name
Based on 596,385 babies named Willie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
11,071 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Masculine or feminine diminutive of WILLIAM. A notable bearer is the retired American baseball player Willie Mays (1931-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Willie in English. Counting Willie and these spellings together, about 207,936 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Willie, 14.5% were girls and 85.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Willie fell from 36.5% in the 1880s to 3.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Willie alive today is about 64 years old, and 66% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Willie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1925, to 11,071 babies. In 2025, 156 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Willie never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #11, in 1910, and it was in the top 100 for 89 years, 1880 to 1968. In 2025 it ranked #1,322. Among girls, its best rank was #54, in 1909.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,322 | #10,866 |
| Best rank | #11 (1910) | #54 (1909) |
| Years in the top 100 | 89 (1880 to 1968) | 54 (1881 to 1935) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #38 in the 1940s | #72 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Willie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Willie were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 25,234 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Willie was given 6.9 times as often in Mississippi, 5.2 times in Georgia and 5.1 times in Alabama.
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