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Willard Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Willard?

The rare name Willard was the 2,564th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States in 2018.

Willard, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #58 in 1915 with 2,889 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Willard in any given year was 31 in 2013.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Willard occurred roughly during the years 1889-1892, 1893-1896, 1897-1900, 1905-1915, and 2014-2017, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1926-1929, 1930-1934, 1970-1973, 1979-1984, and 2004-2007.

Where is the name Willard popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

Willard's popularity has been moving downward for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Willard has risen.

The name Willard is quite distinctive but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Willard has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Willard (Girl)Willard (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 50 2,564
2017 < 5 -- 55 2,377
2016 < 5 -- 47 2,655
2015 < 5 -- 44 2,760
2014 < 5 -- 34 3,289
2013 < 5 -- 31 3,492
2012 < 5 -- 47 2,626
2011 < 5 -- 34 3,299
2010 < 5 -- 49 2,547
2009 < 5 -- 40 2,985
2008 < 5 -- 57 2,324
2007 < 5 -- 48 2,597
2006 < 5 -- 55 2,308
2005 < 5 -- 60 2,079
2004 < 5 -- 63 1,951
2003 < 5 -- 59 1,985
2002 < 5 -- 64 1,815
2001 < 5 -- 61 1,840
2000 < 5 -- 60 1,814
1999 < 5 -- 59 1,746
1998 < 5 -- 64 1,640
1997 < 5 -- 66 1,569
1996 < 5 -- 67 1,515
1995 < 5 -- 83 1,298
1994 < 5 -- 72 1,382
1993 < 5 -- 76 1,312
1992 < 5 -- 89 1,185
1991 < 5 -- 81 1,244
1990 < 5 -- 91 1,134
1989 < 5 -- 113 961
1988 < 5 -- 99 980
1987 < 5 -- 117 866
1986 < 5 -- 111 865
1985 < 5 -- 105 888
1984 < 5 -- 103 870
1983 < 5 -- 128 771
1982 < 5 -- 130 777
1981 < 5 -- 136 750
1980 < 5 -- 164 679
1979 < 5 -- 171 656
1978 < 5 -- 155 674
1977 < 5 -- 172 647
1976 < 5 -- 176 618
1975 < 5 -- 229 531
1974 < 5 -- 198 571
1973 < 5 -- 219 533
1972 < 5 -- 285 466
1971 < 5 -- 306 467
1970 < 5 -- 350 435
1969 5 8,684 311 445
1968 5 8,176 339 417
1967 6 6,787 395 379
1966 < 5 -- 389 388
1965 < 5 -- 413 381
1964 < 5 -- 438 378
1963 < 5 -- 496 351
1962 < 5 -- 461 376
1961 6 6,554 507 353
1960 5 7,307 542 334
1959 < 5 -- 572 325
1958 < 5 -- 582 316
1957 < 5 -- 638 300
1956 5 6,875 652 287
1955 < 5 -- 722 257
1954 6 5,741 676 270
1953 6 5,659 768 246
1952 6 5,552 799 236
1951 < 5 -- 778 243
1950 5 6,096 842 218
1949 8 4,228 926 209
1948 < 5 -- 950 204
1947 7 4,756 1,025 198
1946 < 5 -- 1,058 177
1945 6 4,547 957 172
1944 9 3,373 1,038 166
1943 7 4,188 1,229 159
1942 10 3,189 1,191 159
1941 9 3,246 1,085 159
1940 10 2,956 1,138 151
1939 8 3,421 1,105 147
1938 11 2,724 1,094 148
1937 14 2,314 1,164 135
1936 11 2,686 1,155 136
1935 13 2,436 1,214 132
1934 11 2,737 1,175 136
1933 18 1,905 1,283 130
1932 12 2,645 1,355 125
1931 25 1,546 1,378 123
1930 21 1,812 1,535 117
1929 21 1,820 1,513 114
1928 13 2,619 1,628 113
1927 31 1,485 1,734 106
1926 25 1,720 1,810 100
1925 29 1,574 1,794 97
1924 26 1,717 1,835 97
1923 23 1,838 1,945 92
1922 24 1,781 2,017 91
1921 29 1,573 2,077 89
1920 31 1,469 2,089 88
1919 33 1,368 2,014 87
1918 43 1,152 2,311 83
1917 41 1,124 2,188 80
1916 32 1,296 2,413 69
1915 35 1,170 2,889 58
1914 28 1,173 1,302 92
1913 20 1,306 926 99
1912 19 1,250 718 105
1911 15 1,240 338 114
1910 10 1,631 265 121
1909 13 1,216 219 125
1908 9 1,544 229 112
1907 6 2,053 201 118
1906 11 1,227 178 120
1905 14 1,055 180 119
1904 8 1,480 180 116
1903 8 1,436 162 123
1902 < 5 -- 164 118
1901 < 5 -- 136 122
1900 9 1,426 172 132
1899 7 1,391 144 116
1898 5 1,971 137 134
1897 < 5 -- 143 118
1896 < 5 -- 152 118
1895 < 5 -- 113 138
1894 < 5 -- 122 134
1893 < 5 -- 118 129
1892 < 5 -- 121 132
1891 < 5 -- 101 135
1890 < 5 -- 89 160
1889 < 5 -- 100 149
1888 < 5 -- 123 128
1887 < 5 -- 95 137
1886 < 5 -- 80 174
1885 < 5 -- 95 144
1884 < 5 -- 89 156
1883 < 5 -- 92 139
1882 < 5 -- 83 164
1881 < 5 -- 94 130
1880 < 5 -- 88 158

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.