Primarily a girl's name · 99% girls
Willow is a given name used in reference to the willow. It has grown in popularity in English speaking countries along with other names inspired by the natural world.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Willow yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Willow's rise, 93% over the past decade, has already passed its peak by one measure: the raw count topped out in 2021 at 5,193, while the rank kept climbing for another year, reaching #37 in 2022, before both eased to 4,653 births and #41 by 2024.
This name's records begin in 1890, a decade later than most names in this dataset, though it stayed minor for most of the twentieth century before this recent run.
Willow Smith, born in 2000, is the clearest namesake — young enough that her own career and the name's later surge are roughly contemporaries rather than one obviously causing the other.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 5 | #1,530 |
| 1902 | 5 | #2,038 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,482 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,552 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,389 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,545 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,542 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,880 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,261 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,570 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,803 |
| 1917 | 10 | #3,084 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,373 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1920 | 20 | #2,013 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,863 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,475 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,635 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,718 |
| 1925 | 27 | #1,646 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,356 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,826 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,468 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,554 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,932 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,593 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,519 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,550 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,602 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,303 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,548 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,446 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,702 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,879 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,106 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,270 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,814 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,555 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,804 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,872 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,151 |
| 1947 | 24 | #2,044 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,414 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,174 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,905 |
| 1951 | 13 | #3,101 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,792 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,696 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,470 |
| 1956 | 16 | #3,046 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,304 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,884 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,618 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,354 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,789 |
| 1962 | 12 | #4,007 |
| 1963 | 12 | #4,012 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,915 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,200 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,555 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,618 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,608 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,458 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,309 |
| 1971 | 33 | #2,373 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,938 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,708 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,778 |
| 1976 | 66 | #1,550 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,660 |
| 1978 | 75 | #1,510 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,767 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,831 |
| 1981 | 41 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,412 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,781 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,989 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 21 | #4,121 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,687 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,100 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,711 |
| 1991 | 55 | #2,354 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,431 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 1994 | 84 | #1,756 |
| 1995 | 90 | #1,650 |
| 1996 | 125 | #1,357 |
| 1997 | 169 | #1,117 |
| 1998 | 250 | #854 |
| 1999 | 310 | #730 |
| 2000 | 301 | #761 |
| 2001 | 379 | #666 |
| 2002 | 546 | #504 |
| 2003 | 537 | #527 |
| 2004 | 519 | #549 |
| 2005 | 542 | #532 |
| 2006 | 578 | #525 |
| 2007 | 771 | #426 |
| 2008 | 797 | #405 |
| 2009 | 1,053 | #312 |
| 2010 | 1,121 | #289 |
| 2011 | 1,575 | #199 |
| 2012 | 1,838 | #171 |
| 2013 | 2,079 | #155 |
| 2014 | 2,410 | #136 |
| 2015 | 2,811 | #111 |
| 2016 | 3,124 | #96 |
| 2017 | 3,569 | #80 |
| 2018 | 3,933 | #60 |
| 2019 | 4,603 | #45 |
| 2020 | 4,396 | #48 |
| 2021 | 5,193 | #39 |
| 2022 | 5,064 | #37 |
| 2023 | 4,761 | #41 |
| 2024 | 4,653 | #41 |
