Willy Boy
How popular is Willy?
#3,948 boy name in 2025
27 baby boys were named Willy in the US in 2025, making it the 3948th most popular boy name.
Willy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,948 for boys (▲ 370 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 27 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,590 in 2015, #3,024 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (69 boys) |
| Highest rank | #899 in 1896 |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Willy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Willie family of names ranked #534 for boys in 2025 (#537 the year before), with 548 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Willie | 147 | 27% |
| Wiley | 165 | 30% |
| Wylie | 175 | 32% |
| Willy | 27 | 5% |
| Wylee | 28 | 5% |
| Wyley | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Willy is most popular
Babies named Willy per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Willy by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #971 |
| 1890s | 7 | #899 |
| 1900s | 21 | #926 |
| 1910s | 115 | #1,386 |
| 1920s | 196 | #1,543 |
| 1930s | 243 | #1,265 |
| 1940s | 282 | #1,144 |
| 1950s | 326 | #1,128 |
| 1960s | 420 | #1,012 |
| 1970s | 379 | #1,186 |
| 1980s | 383 | #1,455 |
| 1990s | 535 | #1,395 |
| 2000s | 503 | #1,867 |
| 2010s | 352 | #2,715 |
| 2020s | 170 | #3,024 |
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Questions
- Is Willy a boy or girl name?
- Willy is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Willy were boys.
- How popular is the name Willy?
- 27 baby boys were named Willy in the US in 2025, making it the 3948th most popular boy name.
- When was Willy most popular?
- Willy peaked in 1993, when 69 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #899 in 1896.
- How many people are named Willy?
- 4,053 babies have been named Willy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,037 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Willy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Willy was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.