Willey

Boy · recorded 1914–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1924best year

Most popular in 1924.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Willey.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1914

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 39 recorded years as a table
Willey, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19149
19158
19167
19179
19187
19197
19208
19215
192211
19237
192412
192510
19266
19278
19297
193012
19317
19328
19338
19346
19357
193610
19375
19385
19396
19417
19427
19434
19444
19493
19504
19533
19542
19552
19593
19603
19663
19843
19892

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Willey isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
5
Rank in 1989
#7,905
How rare
1 in 400,185 boys
Since 1914
282

Willey was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1924, at 12 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Willey doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.