How Many People Are Named Willow?
people named Willow are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,303 people in the US has this name
Based on 65,560 babies named Willow in Social Security records from 1890 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,231 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the tree, which is ultimately derived from Old English welig.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Willow, 99.3% were girls and 0.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Willow alive today is about 9 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 11 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Willow first appears in the records in 1890 and was given most often in 2021, to 5,231 babies. In 2025, 4,786 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1890 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Willow never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #37, in 2022, and it was in the top 100 for 10 years, 2016 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #44.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #44 |
| Best rank | #37 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | 10 (2016 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #41 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Willow alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Willow were born in California than in any other state: about 4,078 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Willow was given 4.1 times as often in Vermont, 3.3 times in Maine and 3.1 times in Alaska.
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