Willis

Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys

Willis first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1924 with 1,261 babies (rank #136 that year). In 2024 it was given to 49 boys (rank #2,701). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
53,105
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
1,261
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1880166#86
1881142#93
1882143#104
1883131#103
1884151#101
1885133#106
1886150#104
1887113#117
1888135#119
1889124#115
1890129#118
1891118#117
1892143#119
1893149#113
1894133#118
1895135#125
1896145#123
1897132#125
1898121#144
1899126#128
1900169#134
1901106#149
1902144#134
1903133#141
1904136#144
1905136#153
1906148#141
1907146#156
1908161#146
1909189#139
1910216#149
1911233#144
1912453#142
1913573#136
1914743#135
1915950#137
1916990#136
1917954#140
19181,091#141
19191,136#131
19201,197#133
19211,209#133
19221,250#133
19231,183#138
19241,261#136
19251,198#139
19261,233#140
19271,058#150
19281,085#148
19291,030#150
1930965#159
1931931#161
1932911#165
1933812#170
1934867#166
1935789#173
1936768#175
1937724#184
1938731#187
1939693#191
1940609#209
1941685#201
1942666#220
1943752#208
1944623#219
1945579#231
1946584#259
1947600#279
1948584#279
1949479#310
1950476#313
1951504#310
1952513#314
1953480#323
1954447#337
1955452#343
1956444#350
1957447#361
1958416#383
1959407#395
1960414#389
1961357#420
1962374#415
1963340#432
1964324#445
1965300#449
1966254#482
1967238#486
1968230#499
1969227#518
1970260#501
1971253#514
1972245#505
1973193#572
1974199#569
1975203#567
1976181#610
1977232#549
1978214#574
1979233#563
1980228#573
1981199#607
1982227#571
1983203#603
1984186#626
1985186#643
1986176#682
1987169#704
1988183#693
1989166#771
1990159#808
1991163#814
1992126#960
1993127#957
1994119#1,021
1995115#1,042
1996113#1,078
199795#1,233
1998106#1,176
1999109#1,187
2000107#1,246
200182#1,501
200270#1,693
200378#1,629
200465#1,909
200566#1,941
200679#1,768
200780#1,828
200859#2,263
200966#2,097
201052#2,427
201174#1,903
201278#1,877
201375#1,900
201481#1,841
201574#1,978
201670#2,046
201751#2,530
201855#2,416
201950#2,623
202062#2,234
202162#2,274
202244#2,914
202360#2,341
202449#2,701