How Many People Are Named Willoughby?
people named Willoughby are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,190,928 people in the US has this name
Based on 314 babies named Willoughby in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
17 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "willow town" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Willoughby, 58.2% were girls and 41.8% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Willoughby alive today is about 16 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Willoughby first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2021, to 17 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Willoughby has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,220, in 1923. Among girls, its best rank was #10,206, in 2020.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | #17,129 |
| Best rank | #2,220 (1923) | #10,206 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,107 in the 1920s | #11,155 in the 2020s |
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